Alteration of follicular dynamics and superovulatory responses by gonadotropin releasing hormone and follicular puncture in cattle: A field trial

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1165-1174

  Kohram, H ^a   Bousquet, D ^b   Durocher, J ^b   Guilbault, L A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b L'Alliance Boviteq Inc   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Follicular puncture; FSH; GnRH; Superstimulation

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTION TEST; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PHYSIOLOGY; PUNCTURE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLOPROSTENOL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; PUNCTURES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 18344408980     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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