Timing of insemination and fertility in dairy and beef cattle receiving timed artificial insemination using sex-sorted sperm

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-435

  Sales, J N S ^a   Neves, K A L ^a   Souza, A H ^a   Crepaldi, G A ^a   Sala, R V ^a   Fosado, M ^b   Filho, E P Campos ^b   de Faria, M ^c   Filho, M F Sá ^a   Baruselli, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Sexing Technologies   (United States)

^c Apta Alta Mogiana Regional Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cattle; Estrous synchronization; Ovulation; Sexed sperm; Time of AI

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TIME;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; BOS INDICUS;

EID: 79959835763     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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