Influence of maternal environment on the number of transferable embryos obtained in response to superovulatory FSH treatments in ewes

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-28

  González Bulnes, Antonio ^a   García García, Rosa María ^a   Castellanos, Vanesa ^b   Santiago Moreno, Julián ^a   Arizna Varreta, Carmen ^b   Domínguez, Verónica ^a   López Sebastián, Antonio ^a   Tresguerres, Jesús A F ^b   Cocero, María Jesús ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo viability; Ewe; Follicular status; Steroid; Super ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038282341     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2003003     Document Type: Article

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