Comparative Aspects of Follicular Development, Follicular and Oocyte Maturation and Ovulation in Cattle and Pigs

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 9-23

  Kanitz, Wilhelm ^a   Brüssow, Klaus Peter ^a   Becker, Frank ^a   Torner, Helmut ^a   Schneider, Falk ^a   Kubelka, Michal ^b   Tomek, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cattle; Follicular growth; Folliculogenesis; Gonadotropins; Oocyte growth; Oocyte maturation; Oogenesis; Ovulation; Pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346510124     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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