Plasma progesterone profiles, ovulation rate, donor embryo yield and recipient embryo survival in native Saloia sheep in the fall and spring breeding seasons

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 521-532

  Chagas E Silva, J ^a   Lopes Da Costa, L ^b   Cidadao R ^a   Robalo Silva, J ^b  

^a Natl Stn for Anim Sel/Repro   (Portugal)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Plasma progesterone; Season; Sheep; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038461100     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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