Combined administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, progesterone, and meloxicam is an effective treatment for the repeat-breeder cow

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 542-548

  Amiridis, G S ^a   Tsiligianni, Th ^a,b   Dovolou, E ^a   Rekkas, C ^b   Vouzaras, D ^c   Menegatos, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c Olympos SA   (Greece)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

GnRH; Meloxicam; NSAID; Progesterone; Repeat breeder cow

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MELOXICAM; PROGESTERONE; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES;

EID: 67749107950     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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