Reproductive responses following royal jelly treatment administered orally or intramuscularly into progesterone-treated Awassi ewes

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 45-53

  Husein, M Q ^a   Kridli, R T ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Awassi ewes; Oestrus synchronisation; Progesterone profiles; Royal jelly

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PROGESTERONE; ROYAL JELLY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; OVIS;

EID: 0037110579     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00165-3     Document Type: Article

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