Selection of the dominant follicle in cattle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1187-1194

  Ginther, O J ^a   Wiltbank, M C ^a   Fricke, P M ^a   Gibbons, J R ^a   Kot, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0029859840     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.6.1187     Document Type: Review

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