Reproductive season affects inhibitory effects from large follicles on the response to superovulatory FSH treatments in ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-288

  Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^a   Garcia Garcia, R M ^a   Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Dominguez, V ^a   Lopez Sebastian, A ^a   Cocero, M J ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo; Ewes; Ovarian status; Seasonality; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0037937316     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01367-5     Document Type: Article

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