Two doses of prostaglandin improve pregnancy rates to timed-AI in a 5-day progesterone-based synchronization protocol in beef cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 762-767

  Kasimanickam, R ^a   Day, M L ^c   Rudolph, J S ^a   Hall, J B ^b   Whittier, W D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cows; CIDR; Estrus synchronization; PGF; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLOPROSTENOL; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDINS; PROSTAGLANDINS F; SEASONS;

EID: 59849129278     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.09.049     Document Type: Article

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