Superovulatory response of one ovary is related to the micro- and macroscopic population of follicles in the contralateral ovary of the cow

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-354

  Cushman, R A ^a   DeSouza, J C ^a   Hedgpeth, V S ^a   Britt, J H ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIECTOMY; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 0032951325     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.349     Document Type: Article

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