Increased ovulation rate in Merino ewes immunized against small synthetic peptide fragments of the inhibin a subunit

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 421-433

  Anderson, S T ^c   Bindon, B M ^b   Hillard, M A ^b   O'Shea, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH); Immunization; Inhibin; Ovulation; Peptide; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CLOPROSTENOL; FOLLITROPIN; FREUND ADJUVANT; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN ALBUMIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; SHEEP; SWINE; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032462586     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD98094     Document Type: Article

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