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1976

1976; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station); 262; Beef; Hormones; Implant; Synchronize

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Inducing Puberty In Beef Heifers With Hormones, R. Debenedetti, G.H. Kiracofe, V. Hultine, R.M. Mckee, R.R. Schalles Jan 1976

Inducing Puberty In Beef Heifers With Hormones, R. Debenedetti, G.H. Kiracofe, V. Hultine, R.M. Mckee, R.R. Schalles

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Twenty-six Polled Hereford and Simmental-cross heifers that had not cycled by the beginning of the breeding season were given an ear implant and injected with an estrogen-progestogen compound. The implant was removed after 9 days and all heifers were in estrus 1 to 5 days later. Six heifers conceived the first insemination, 11 the second, and 24 during the 65-day breeding season.