Seasonal effects on fertility and ovarian follicular growth and maturation in camels (Camelus dromedarius)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 223-237

  Sghiri, A ^a   Driancourt, M A ^b  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Camel; Follicles; Ovary; Seasonal dynamics; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MOROCCO; OVARY CYST; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAMELS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MOROCCO; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033617489     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(99)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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