Follicular growth, endocrine response and embryo yields in sheep superovulated with FSH after pretreatment with a single short-acting dose of GnRH antagonist

Theriogenology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1833-1843

  Lopez Alonso, C ^a   Encinas, T ^a   Veiga Lopez, A ^b   Garcia Garcia, R M ^a,b   Cocero, M J ^b   Ros, J M ^a   McNeilly, A S ^c   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicle; GnRH analogues; Sheep; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMBRYO; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 26844441147     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.04.021     Document Type: Article

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