Ovarian antral follicular dynamics and their relationships with endocrine variables throughout the oestrous cycle in breeds of sheep differing in prolificacy

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-124

  Bartlewski, P M ^a   Beard, A P ^a   Cook, S J ^a   Chandolia, R K ^a,b   Honaramooz, A ^a   Rawlings, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GENOTYPE; LIFESPAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033004758     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1150111     Document Type: Article

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