Ovulation of aged follicles does not affect embryo quality or fertility after a 14-day progestagen estrus synchronization protocol in ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 923-936

  Evans, A C O ^a   Flynn, J D ^a   Quinn, K M ^a   Duffy, P ^a   Quinn, P ^a   Madgwick, S ^b   Crosby, T F ^a   Boland, M P ^a   Beard, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo; Ewe; Fertility; Follicles; Synchronisation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEOLYSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTINS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035883271     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00619-7     Document Type: Article

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