Patterns of follicular development during the estrous cycle in monovular Merino del Pais ewes

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 279-291

  Lopez Sebastian, A ^a   Gonzalez De Bulnes, A ^a   Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Gomez Brunet, A ^a   Townsend, E G ^b   Inskeep, E K ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Follicular development; Sheep ovary

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; TIME;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0345647066     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(97)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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