Hormonal priming, induction of ovulation and in-vitro fertilization of the endangered Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri)

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Browne, Robert K ^a,b   Seratt, Jessica ^a   Vance, Carrie ^b   Kouba, Andrew ^a,b  

^a MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; SPAWNING; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TADPOLE; TOAD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUFONIDAE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BAXTERI;

EID: 33746678542     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-4-34     Document Type: Article

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