Effect of urea in the diet on ovarian follicular dynamics and plasma progesterone concentration in Alpine goats

To evaluate the effect of using urea in the diet on ovarian follicular dynamics and plasma urea and progesterone concentration, an experiment was carried out with 29 Alpine goats randomly distributed into four diets, each one containing 0%; 0.73%; 1.46% or 2.24% of urea on total dry matter. The foll...

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Main Authors: Nadja Gomes Alves, Ciro Alexandre Alves Torres, José Domingos Guimarães, Elenice Andrade Moraes, Marcelo Teixeira Rodrigues, Paulo Roberto Cecon, Luciene Lignani Bitencourt, Lincoln da Silva Amorim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2011-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000700016