Theriogenology
Volume 72, Issue 9 , Pages 1153-1162 , December 2009

Association between evaluation of the reproductive tract by various diagnostic tests and restoration of ovarian cyclicity in high-producing dairy cows

  • W.S. Senosy

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Theriogenology, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan
    • Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt
    • ,
  • M. Uchiza

      Affiliations

    • National Livestock Breeding Center, Iwate Station, Morioka, 020-0123, Japan
    • ,
  • N. Tameoka

      Affiliations

    • National Livestock Breeding Center, Iwate Station, Morioka, 020-0123, Japan
    • ,
  • Y. Izaike

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Theriogenology, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan
    • ,
  • T. Osawa

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Theriogenology, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +81 19 621 6278.

Received 30 September 2008 ,Revised 27 May 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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PII: S0093-691X(09)00338-0

doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.07.007

Theriogenology
Volume 72, Issue 9 , Pages 1153-1162 , December 2009

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