Extending Interval from Seventeen to Nineteen Days in the Melengestrol Acetate - Prostaglandin Estrous Synchronization Program for Heifers

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 164-168

  Deutscher, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous synchronization; Heifers; Melengestrol acetate; Prostaglandin F2 ; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644239149     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31687-9     Document Type: Article

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