Ultrasonographic evaluation of endometrial thickness near timed AI as a predictor of fertility in high-producing dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 722-733

  Souza, A H ^a,b   Silva, E P B ^a   Cunha, A P ^a   Gumen A ^c   Ayres, H ^a   Brusveen, D J ^a   Guenther, J N ^a   Wiltbank, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Accelerated Genetics   (United States)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Endometrial thickness; Ovsynch; Pregnancy rates; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 79959512977     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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