The effects on reproductive performance in the short and medium term of the combined use of exogenous melatonin and progestagen pessaries in ewes with a short seasonal anoestrous period

F Forcada; J A Abecia; J M Lozano; L M Ferrer; D Lacasta

doi:10.1023/a:1006257311370

The effects on reproductive performance in the short and medium term of the combined use of exogenous melatonin and progestagen pessaries in ewes with a short seasonal anoestrous period

Vet Res Commun. 1999 Jun;23(4):257-63. doi: 10.1023/a:1006257311370.

Authors

F Forcada¹, J A Abecia, J M Lozano, L M Ferrer, D Lacasta

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain.

PMID: 10461803
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006257311370

Abstract

The effects on reproductive performance in the short and medium term of the combined use of exogenous melatonin and progestagen pessaries in ewes with a short seasonal anoestrous period.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravaginal
Anestrus
Animals
Drug Implants
Female
Gonadotropins, Equine / administration & dosage
Gonadotropins, Equine / pharmacology
Male
Melatonin / administration & dosage
Melatonin / pharmacology*
Pessaries
Pregnancy
Progestins / administration & dosage
Progestins / pharmacology*
Reproduction / drug effects
Reproduction / physiology*
Sheep

Substances

Drug Implants
Gonadotropins, Equine
Progestins
Melatonin