Effect of progesterone and/or estradiol treatments prior to induction of ovulation on subsequent luteal lifespan in anestrous Nelore cows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Sá Filho, Ocilon Gomes ^a   Thatcher, William Watters ^b   Vasconcelos, José Luiz Moraes ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Cattle anestrous; Estradiol cypionate; Progesterone; Short estrous cycle

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 17 BETA CYPIONATE; ESTRADIOL 17 BETA-CYPIONATE; GONADORELIN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEOLYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUTEOLYSIS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PLACEBOS; PROGESTERONE;

BOS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROPUS;

EID: 61349091779     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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