Fixed-time AI protocols replacing eCG with a single dose of FSH were less effective in stimulating follicular growth, ovulation, and fertility in suckled-anestrus Nelore beef cows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 12-18

  Sales, J N S ^a   Crepaldi, G A ^a   Girotto, R W ^b   Souza, A H ^a   Baruselli, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b RG Genética Avançada ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Estrous synchronization; Follicular growth; FSH; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SUCKLING; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

BOS INDICUS;

EID: 79953027151     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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