Plasma concentrations of inhibin A and follicle-stimulating hormone differ between cows with two or three waves of ovarian follicular development in a single estrous cycle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 822-828

  Parker, K I ^a   Robertson, D M ^b   Groome, N P ^c   Macmillan, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Follicular development; Inhibin; Ovary; Ovulatory cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN A; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INHIBINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037369740     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.009159     Document Type: Article

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