Repeated superovulation of high-prolificacy Rasa Aragonesa ewes before culling as an inexpensive way to obtain high-quality embryos

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-269

  Forcada, F ^a   Abecia, J A ^a   Lozano, J M ^a   Zuniga O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo production; OFSH; Sheep; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RASA; RASA ARAGONESA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033735752     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00168-8     Document Type: Article

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