Ovarian response to hCG injections during the prepubertal period in three breeds of sheep with different ovulation rates and litter sizes

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1215-1219

  Pappa Michailidou, V ^a   Avdi, M ^b   Zafrakas, A ^b   Alifakiotis, T ^b   Michailidis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ewe lamb; FSH; HCG; Litter size; Ovulation rate; Prepubertal period

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PREPUBERTY; SHEEP;

EID: 0031569435     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00101-5     Document Type: Article

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