Improving fertility to timed artificial insemination by manipulation of circulating progesterone concentrations in lactating dairy cattle

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 238-243

  Wiltbank, Milo C ^a   Souza, Alexandre H ^a   Carvalho, Paulo D ^a   Bender, Robb W ^a   Nascimento, Anibal B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

corpus luteum; dairy cows; Ovsynch; ovulation; P4

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFERTILITY; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 83155193556     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11913     Document Type: Review

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