Managing the dominant follicle in lactating dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1568-1582

  Wiltbank, M C ^a   Sartori, R ^b   Herlihy, M M ^c   Vasconcelos, J L M ^d   Nascimento, A B ^a   Souza, A H ^a   Ayres, H ^b   Cunha, A P ^a   Keskin, A ^e   Guenther, J N ^a   Gumen, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Follicle; Ovsynch; Synchronization of ovulation; Timed AI

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

BOS;

EID: 80655148964     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.08.012     Document Type: Review

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