Endocrine activity of induced persistent follicles in sheep

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 208-213

  Dobson, Hilary ^a,b   Campbell, B K ^a,c   Gordon, Bronwyn M ^a   Scaramuzzi, R J ^a,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CLOPROSTENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 0031021322     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.1.208     Document Type: Article

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