Pregnancy rates to timed artificial insemination in dairy cows treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone or porcine luteinizing hormone

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-270

  Colazo, M G ^a   Gordon, M B ^b   Rajamahendran, R ^b   Mapletoft, R J ^c   Ambrose, D J ^a,d  

^a Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Ovsynch; Porcine LH; Pregnancy rate; TAI

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; SUS;

EID: 67349195284     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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