Ovulation and follicular growth in gonadotropin-treated gilts followed by in vitro fertilization and development of their oocytes

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1421-1437

  Bolamba, D ^a,b   Sirard, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle size; FSH; In vitro development; Oocytes; Prepubertal gilts

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREPUBERTY; PRONUCLEUS; SWINE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE;

EID: 0034655668     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00285-5     Document Type: Article

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