Use of high-resolution transrectal ultrasonography to assess changes in numbers of small ovarian antral follicles and their relationships to the emergence of follicular waves in cyclic ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-510

  Duggavathi, R ^a   Bartlewski, P M ^b   Barrett, D M W ^a   Rawlings, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ewe; High resolution ultrasonography; Ovarian follicles; Wave emergence

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037784228     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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