Effects of equine chorionic gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotropin, and laparoscopic artificial insemination on embryo, endocrine, and luteal characteristics in the domestic cat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-171

  Roth, Terri L ^a,b   Wolfe, Barbara A ^a   Long, Julie A ^a   Howard, JoGayle ^a   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYTE; CAT; DATA ANALYSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030972762     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.1.165     Document Type: Article

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