Ultrasound image attributes of bovine ovarian follicles and endocrine and functional correlates

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-29

  Singh, J ^a,c   Pierson, R A ^b   Adams, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0031905505     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1120019     Document Type: Article

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