Patterns of Antral Follicular Wave Dynamics and Accompanying Endocrine Changes in Cyclic and Seasonally Anestrous Ewes Treated with Exogenous Ovine Follicle-Stimulating Hormone during the Inter-Wave Interval

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 821-827

  Duggavathi, Raj ^a   Bartlewski, Pawel M ^a,b   Barrett, David M W ^a   Gratton, Chantelle ^a   Bagu, Edward T ^a   Rawlings, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Follicle stimulating hormone; Follicular development

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SEASONS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1242321233     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.023739     Document Type: Article

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