Seasonal variation in ovarian response to pregnant mares serum gonadotrophin in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 499-503

  Glazier, A M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANESTRUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; OPOSSUMS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SEASONS;

EID: 0032324466     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD98116     Document Type: Article

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