Lambing rates and litter sizes following intrauterine or cervical insemination of frozen/thawed semen with or without oxytocin administration

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1236-1244

  King, M E ^a   McKelvey, W A C ^a   Dingwall, W S ^a   Matthews, K P ^b   Gebbie, F E ^a   Mylne, M J A ^b   Stewart, E ^a   Robinson, J J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dalkeith   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Litter size; Oxytocin; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY;

LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4344601765     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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