Effect of peripheral concentrations of progesterone on follicular growth and fertility in ewes

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-79

  Johnson, S K ^a   Dailey, R A ^a   Inskeep, E K ^a   Lewis, P E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030059111     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0739-7240(95)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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