The relationship of maternal characteristics and circulating progesterone concentrations with reproductive outcome in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) after artificial insemination, with and without ovulation induction, and natural breeding

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-482

  O'Brien, J K ^a,b   Robeck, T R ^a  

^a SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Reproductive Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Embryonic loss; Gestation; Luteal insufficiency; Seasonality; Senescence

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BREEDING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEASON; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; SEASONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84863471933     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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