Induction of an LH surge and ovulation by buserelin (as Receptal) allows breeding of weaned sows with a single fixed-time insemination

Theriogenology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 391-399

  Driancourt, M A ^a   Cox, P ^a   Rubion, S ^a   Harnois Milon, G ^a   Kemp, B ^b   Soede, N M ^b  

^a MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertility; GnRH; Ovulation; Sows; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOWS; SWINE; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME; UPREGULATION; WEANING;

FERTILITY; GNRH; OVULATION; SOWS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; BUSERELIN; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; WEANING;

EID: 84881369307     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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