Maintenance of pregnancy in dairy cattle after treatment with human chorionic gonadotropin or gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3092-3101

  Stevenson, J S ^a   Tiffany, S M ^a   Inskeept, E K ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin; Induced ovulation; Pregnancy loss; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

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EID: 49749105234     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1027     Document Type: Article

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