Pregnancy outcome in dairy and beef cattle after artificial insemination and treatment with seminal plasma or transforming growth factor beta-1

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 566-571

  Odhiambo, J F ^a   Poole, D H ^b   Hughes, L ^c   DeJarnette, J M ^d   Inskeep, E K ^a   Dailey, R A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stevenson Basin Angus Ranch   (United States)

^d Select Sires Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Beef and dairy cows; Pregnancy; Seminal plasma; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEMEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

BOS; BOVINAE; RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 67651171200     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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