The effect of age on multiple ovulation rates, multiple pregnancy rates and embryonic vesicle diameter in the mare

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2482-2493

  Davies Morel, Mina C G ^a   Newcombe, John R ^b   Swindlehurst, Jennifer C ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Equine Fertility Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Embryo; Mare; Multiple ovulation; Multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

AGING; ANIMALS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HORSES; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 19544393216     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.09.058     Document Type: Article

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