Ultrasound-Guided Follicle Aspiration and IVF in Dairy Cows Treated with FSH after Removal of the Estrous Cycle

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 371-376

  Ooe, Masato ^a   Rajamahendran, Raja ^b   Boediono, Arief ^a   Suzuki, Tatsuyuki ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dominant follicle removal; Follicle aspiration; Oocyte; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; MORULA; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; MORULA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SUCTION;

EID: 0031135120     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.59.371     Document Type: Article

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