Pretreatment with recombinant bovine somatotropin enhances the superovulatory response to FSH in Heifers

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 611-622

  Gong, J G ^a,b   Wilmut, I ^a   Bramley, T A ^b   Webb, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryos; Heifers; Ovarian follicles; Somatotropin; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0001705943     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(95)00407-Y     Document Type: Article

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