Ovarian response in sheep superovulated after pretreatment with growth hormone and GnRH antagonists is weakened by failures in oocyte maturation

Zygote

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-304

  Gonzalez Añover, Pedro ^a,b   Encinas, Teresa ^b   Garcia Garcia, Rosa M ^a,d   Veiga Lopez, Almudena ^a   Cocero, Maria J ^a   McNeilly, Alan S ^c   Gonzalez Bulnes, Antonio ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Follicle; GnRH analogues; Growth hormone; Oocyte; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FLUGESTONE ACETATE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUROGESTONE ACETATE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 14844287017     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096719940400293X     Document Type: Article

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