Low progesterone concentration during the development of the first follicular wave reduces pregnancy per insemination of lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1794-1806

  Denicol, A C ^a,b   Lopes, Jr ^a   Mendonca L G D ^a   Rivera, F A ^a   Guagnini, F ^a   Perez, R V ^a   Lima, J R ^a   Bruno, R G S ^a   Santos, J E P ^b   Chebel, R C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular wave; Lactating dairy cow; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84858979832     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4650     Document Type: Article

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