Endocrine and ultrasound evaluation of the response to PGF 2α and GnRH given at different stages of the luteal phase in cyclic ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1093-1104

  Rubianes, E ^a   Beard, A ^b   Dierschke, D J ^c   Bartlewski, P ^b   Adams, G P ^b   Rawlings, N C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ewes; GnRH; Luteal phase; PGF 2 ; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; FEMALE; LAMB; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031419406     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00342-7     Document Type: Article

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