Equine chorionic gonadotropin and gonadotropin-releasing hormone enhance fertility in a norgestomet-based, timed artificial insemination protocol in suckled Nelore (Bos indicus) cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 651-658

  Sa Filho M F ^a   Ayres, H ^a   Ferreira, R M ^a   Marques, M O ^b   Reis, E L ^a   Silva, R C P ^b   Rodrigues, C A ^c   Madureira, E H ^a   Bo G A ^d   Baruselli, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Geraembryo ^*  (Brazil)

^c Clínica Veterinária Samvet São Carlos São Carlos   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anestrous; artificial insemination; bovine; eCG; GnRH

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GONADORELIN; NORGESTOMET; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAIRYING; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TIME; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DAIRYING; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNENEDIONES; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 76149127987     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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