Does supplementing dairy cows with β-carotene during the dry period affect postpartum ovarian activity, progesterone, and cervical and uterine involution?

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1029-1038

  Kaewlamun, W ^a,b,d   Okouyi, M ^a,b   Humblot, P ^c,e   Techakumphu, M ^d   Ponter, A A ^a,b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c UNCEIA Union Nationale des Cooperatives d'Elevage et d'Insemination Animale   (France)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA CAROTENE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MILK; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; CATTLE; CERVIX UTERI; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; MILK; OVARY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS;

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EID: 79952036665     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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