The influence of short-term nutrient changes on follicle growth and embryo production following superovulation in beef heifers

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1263-1274

  Nolan, R ^b   O'Callaghan, D ^b   Duby, R T ^a   Lonergan, P ^b   Boland, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bovine; Embryo; Nutrition; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD; CATTLE; DIETARY INTAKE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUPEROVULATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 0345040266     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00225-8     Document Type: Article

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