Effect of post-insemination progesterone supplementation on pregnancy rate in dairy cows

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-274

  Arndt, Wendy J ^a   Holle, Andrew J ^b   Bauer, Marc L ^a   Kirsch, James D ^a   Schimek, Daniel E ^a   Odde, Kenneth G ^a,c   Vonnahme, Kimberly A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northern Lights Dairy   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEIFER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 71949084272     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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