COMPARISON BETWEEN ESTRADIOL CYPIONATE AND GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE AS OVULATION SYNCHRONIZATION TREATMENTS FOR FIXED-TIME ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PROGRAMS IN BRAHMAN-CROSS HEIFERS IN A SUBTROPICAL REGION OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO

Synchronization protocols with intravaginal progesterone releasing devices (CIDR) and PGF2α were evaluated, with GnRH or estradiol cypionate (ECP) added for fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI) in five counties in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Brahman-cross heifers (≥15 months old) were selected based...

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Main Authors: Miguel Angel Dominguez, C.I. Villegas-Gutiérrez, V.P. González-Gómez, R. Sánchez-Torres, F. Benavides-González, R. López-Zavala, J.A. Medellín-Ledezma, J. Salinas-Chavira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2012-12-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
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Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/1415