Time of ovulation in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) following PMSG/LH induced ovulation

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 608-611

  Glazier, A M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; OPOSSUM; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OOCYTES; OPOSSUMS; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; PHALANGERIDAE; SUIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0033135611     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990501)283:6<608::AID-JEZ13>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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