Interrelationships between Follicular Size, Estradiol-17 β, Progesterone and Testosterone Concentrations in Individual Buffalo Ovarian Follicles

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Palta, P ^a   Bansal, N ^a   Manik, R S ^a   Prakash, B S ^a   Madan, M L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Estradiol 17 ; Follicles; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS;

EID: 0011214386     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1998.293     Document Type: Article

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