Resumption of follicular waves in beef cows is not associated with periparturient changes in follicle-stimulating hormone heterogeneity despite major changes in steroid and luteinizing hormone concentrations

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1445-1450

  Crowe, M A ^a   Padmanabhan, V ^b   Mihm, M ^a   Beitins, I Z ^b,c   Roche, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COW; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031864155     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.6.1445     Document Type: Article

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