Preovulatory follicle development and ovulation in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) monitored by repeated laparoscopy

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 361-370

  Crawford, J L ^a   Shackell, G H ^a   Thompson, E G ^a   McLeod, B J ^a   Hurst, P R ^b  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LAPAROSCOPY; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0030777229     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1100361     Document Type: Article

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