Effect of ram introduction on the oestrous cycle of springbok ewes (Antidorcas marsupialis)

Reproduction

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 509-513

  Skinner, D C ^a   Cilliers, S D ^a   Skinner, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; OVIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036793340     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1240509     Document Type: Article

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