Fertility after treatment with Eazi-breed™ CIDR® G for 6 or 12 days outside the breeding season in Lacaune dairy sheep;Fruchtbarkeit nach 6- und 12-tägiger Behandlung mit Eazi-breed™ CIDR® G ausserhalb der Zuchtsaison beim Lacaune Milchschaf

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 391-398

  Fleisch, A ^a   Piechotta, M ^b   Bollwein, H ^a   Janett, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estrus induction; Estrus synchronization; Fertility; Progesterone; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; DAIRYING; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; VETERINARY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; DAIRYING; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 84879896212     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281/a000480     Document Type: Article

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