Follicular waves and circulating concentrations of gonadotrophins, inhibin and oestradiol during the anovulatory season in mares

Reproduction

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 875-885

  Donadeu, F X ^a   Ginther, O J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOVULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0036954054     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1240875     Document Type: Review

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