Effects of a 6-day treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate after prostaglandin F2α-induced luteolysis at midcycle on antral follicular development and ovulation rate in nonprolific Western white-faced ewes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1403-1412

  Bartlewski, Pawel M ^a,b   Duggavathi, Rajesha ^a   Aravindakshan, Jayaprakash ^a,c   Barrett, David M W ^a   Cook, Susan J ^a   Rawlings, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Ovary, ovulatory cycle; Pituitary hormones; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA TROMETAMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIFESPAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; LUTEOLYSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEOLYSIS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037378709     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.007278     Document Type: Article

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