Does injection of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) cause ovulation in anestrous Western White Face ewes?

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-259

  Davies, K L ^a   Bartlewski, P M ^b   Epp, T ^a   Duggavathi, R ^c   Barrett, D M W ^a   Bagu, E T ^a   Cook, S J ^a   Rawlings, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Ewe; Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Ovulation; PGF2 ; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEOLYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DINOPROST; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEOLYSIS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

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EID: 33745217628     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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