Immunization of rats and sheep against granulosa cell-inhibitory factor from bovine follicular fluid increases the number of large follicles in rats and the ovulation rate in sheep

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-41

  Hynes, A C ^a   Kane, M T ^a   Sreenan, J M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033046182     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1160035     Document Type: Article

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