Effect of increasing amounts of supplemental progesterone in a timed artificial insemination protocol on fertility of lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5436-5446

  Lima, J R ^a   Rivera, F A ^a   Narciso, C D ^a   Oliveira, R ^a   Chebel, R C ^a,b   Santos, J E P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Progesterone; Reproduction; Timed artificial insemination

Indexed keywords

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EID: 70350318795     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2134     Document Type: Article

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