The Recruitment of Ovarian Follicles Is Enhanced by Increased Dietary Intake in Heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1876-1884

  Gutiérrez, Carlos G ^a   Oldham, John ^a,b   Bramley, Thomas A ^a,c   Gong, Jin G ^a   Campbell, Bruce K ^a,c   Webb, Robert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Follicles; FSH; Insulin; Insulin Like Growth Factor; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; FRIESIA;

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UREA;

EID: 0031178683     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7571876x     Document Type: Article

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