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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Treatments to Induce and Control Ovulations and Reduce the Incidence of Abnormal Luteal Phases in Postpartum Suckled Beef Cows
Abstract
dc:descriptionAnestrous postpartum suckled beef cows can be induced to ovulate by gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) but the luteal phase following that ovulation is generally six to twelve days long. It was hypothesized that the presence of a luteolytic compound (prostaglandin F(,2)(alpha)) and the duration of the GnRH-induced LH surge are causes of the abnormal luteal phase. The aim of this dissertation was to determine the cause of abnormal luteal phases and to develop a procedure to induce and control fertile ovulations in both anestrous and cyclic postpartum suckled beef cows.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Animal Sciences
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Troxel, Tom Roger
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8324660
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70009