Four-year contraception rates of mares treated with single-injection porcine zona pellucida and GnRH vaccines and intrauterine devices

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 531-539

  Killian, Gary ^a   Thain, David ^b   Diehl, Nancy K ^a   Rhyan, Jack ^c   Miller, Lowell ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY; HORMONE; HORSE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONICS; VACCINE;

EQUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 54349094095     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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