Effects of human chorionic gonadotrophin administration on Day 5 after oestrus on corpus luteum characteristics, circulating progesterone and conceptus elongation in cattle

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 472-481

  Rizos, D ^a   Scully, S ^b   Kelly, A K ^b   Ealy, A D ^c   Moros, R ^a   Duffy, P ^b   Al Naib, A ^b   Forde, N ^b   Lonergan, P ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

bovine; fertility; hCG embryo

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; TAU INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84858134479     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11139     Document Type: Article

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