Examination of the relative role of FSH and LH in the mechanism of ovulatory follicle selection in sheep

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 355-367

  Campbell, B K ^a,b,c   Dobson, H ^a,d   Baird, D T ^b   Scaramuzzi, R J ^a,e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SHEEP; STEROID RELEASE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032752932     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1170355     Document Type: Article

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