Procedure for successful interspecific embryo transfer from mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon) to Spanish merino sheep (Ovis aries)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 336-341

  Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Gonzalez Bulnes A ^a   Gomez Brunet A ^a   Cocero, M J ^a   Del Campo, A ^a   Garcia Garcia R ^a   Lopez Sebastian A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Embryo transfer; Mouflon; Ovis gmelini musimon; Progesterone; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FLUGESTONE ACETATE; FOLLITROPIN; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; STANDARD; SUPEROVULATION; UTERUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FLUROGESTONE ACETATE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 0038681509     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0336:PFSIET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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