Pregnancy patterns during the early fetal period in high producing dairy cows treated with GnRH or progesterone

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 920-929

  Bech Sabat G ^a   Lopez Gatius F ^a   Garcia Ispierto I ^a   Santolaria, J P ^b   Serrano, B ^a   Nogareda, C ^a   de Sousa, N M ^c   Beckers, J F ^c   Yaniz J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Early fetal loss; GnRH; Progesterone supplementation; Twins

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; TWINS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 61449249672     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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