Effects of selenium supplementation on plasma progesterone concentrations in pregnant heifers

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 241-246

  Kamada, Hachiro ^a   Nonaka, Itoko ^a,c   Takenouchi, Naoki ^b   Amari, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Heifer; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Selenium

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINAE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SELENIUM;

EID: 84894741432     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/asj.12139     Document Type: Article

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