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Effect of Administration of Oxytocin During Diestrus on the Duration of Corpus Luteum Function and Estrous Behavior in Cycling Mares

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D.K. Vanderwall, M.E. Agnew, M.R...

In: SFT - Theriogenology Annual Conference - Baltimore, 2012 by Society for Theriogenology
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AUG 25, 2012
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It has been demonstrated that intramuscular (IM) administration of 60 units of oxytocin once1 or twice2 daily on days 7 to 14 after ovulation induced prolonged corpus luteum (CL) function in approximately two thirds of mares treated, making it a plausible method of suppressing estrus. The objective of this study was to monitor CL function and estrous behavior in mares for 90 days after administration of oxytocin during diestrus.[...]

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