Effect of mating system, flushing procedure, progesterone dose and donor ewe age on the yield and quality of embryos within a moet program in sheep

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 727-742

  Bari, F ^a,c   Khalid, M ^a,d   Haresign, W ^a   Murray, A ^b   Merrell, B ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Flushing procedure; Mating system; Progestagen dose; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; IRRIGATION; LAPAROSCOPY; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 0034133078     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00270-8     Document Type: Article

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