Ultrastructure of Bovine Ovarian Follicles Induced to Extended Growth by Perioestrous Suprabasal Progesterone Levels;Ultrastrukturella förändringar i äggstocksfolliklar hos nötkreatur med experimentell förlängd tillväxtfas orsakad av suprabasala progesteronnivåer

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-250

  Duchens, M ^a,c   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^a   Forsberg, M ^a   Gustafsson, H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swed Assoc Livestock Breed Prod   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

bovine; electron microscopy; follicle wall; ovary

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0030344979     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548091     Document Type: Article

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