Suppression in the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, and ovarian follicle development in heifers continuously infused with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-74

  Gong, Jin G ^a,b   Campbell, Bruce K ^a   Bramley, Tony A ^b   Gutierrez, Carlos G ^a   Peters, Andy R ^c   Webb, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0029830161     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.1.68     Document Type: Article

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