Effect of exogenous gonadotrophins on ovarian morphology and oocyte maturation in the southern hairy nosed wombat Lasiohinus latifrons during the breeding season

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-484

  McDonald, C H ^a   Taggart, D A ^a,b   Breed, W G ^a   Druery, G V ^c   Shimmin, G A ^a,d   Finlayson, G R ^a,e   Paris, M C J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Royal Zoological Society of South Australia   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department for Environment and Heritage ^*  (Australia)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6' DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULOSA CELL; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; GRANULOSA CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MARSUPIALIA; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; LASIORHINUS; LASIORHINUS LATIFRONS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645547934     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD05047     Document Type: Article

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