Ultrasonographic study of the effects of the corpus luteum on antral follicular development in unilaterally ovulating western white-faced ewes

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 231-244

  Bartlewski, Pawel M ^a   Beard, Andrew P ^a   Rawlings, Norman C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anoestrus; Breeding season; Corpus luteum; Ewe; Follicular dynamics; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SHEEP;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SHEEP;

OVIS;

EID: 0035970801     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(00)00229-3     Document Type: Article

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