Delayed treatment with GnRH agonist, hCG and progesterone and reduced embryonic mortality in buffaloes

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1544-1549

  Campanile, G ^a   Vecchio, D ^a   Di Palo, R ^a   Neglia, G ^a   Gasparrini, B ^a   Prandi, A ^b   Zicarelli, L ^a   D'Occhio, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Embryonic mortality; GnRH agonist; hCG; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

BUBALUS;

EID: 55549105409     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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