Screening of some variables influencing the results of embryo transfer in the ewe part II: Two-day-old embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1345-1356

  Alabart, J L ^a   Folch, J ^a   Fernandez Arias A ^a   Ramon J P ^a,c   Garbayo, J M ^a   Cocero, M J ^b  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE CONKAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Embryo transfer; Ewe

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037357312     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01182-2     Document Type: Article

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