Ultrasonically guided transvaginal oocyte recovery from calves treated with or without GnRH

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1077-1082

  Fry, R C ^a   Simpson, T L ^a   Squires, T J ^a  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calf; Follicle; Oocyte morphology; Oocyte recovery; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CURVE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINA; VAGINA PESSARY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; MALE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 0032522999     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00057-0     Document Type: Article

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