Fertility in the mare after repeated transvaginal ultrasound-guided aspirations

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 299-308

  Mari, Gaetano ^a   Merlo, Barbara ^a   Iacono, Eleonora ^a   Belluzzi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertility; Follicle aspiration; Follicular flushing; Mare; Oocyte collection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUCTION; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 24144481206     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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