Effects of rumen-protected polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on reproductive performance of Bos indicus beef cows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3935-3943

  Lopes, C N ^a   Scarpa, A B ^a   Cappellozza, B I ^a   Cooke, R F ^b   Vasconcelos, J L M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cow; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Pregnancy rate; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN;

BOS INDICUS;

EID: 70450194905     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2201     Document Type: Article

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