Reproductive hormones and follicular growth during development of one or multiple dominant follicles in cattle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 788-795

  Lopez, Hernando ^a   Sartori, Roberto ^a,b   Wiltbank, Milo C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; INHIBINS; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 15544363418     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.035493     Document Type: Article

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