Effects of altering the dose and timing of triptorelin when given as an intravaginal gel for advancing and synchronizing ovulation in weaned sows

Theriogenology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 379-386

  Knox, R V ^a   Taibl, J N ^a   Breen, S M ^a   Swanson, M E ^b   Webel, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b JBS United   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; GnRH; OvuGel; Ovulation; Sows; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; TIME; VETERINARY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIPTORELIN PAMOATE; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 84903693304     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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