Effects of growth hormone and gonadotrophin releasing hormone antagonists on ovarian follicle growth in sheep

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 373-377

  Gonzalez Anover P ^a   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^a,b   Veiga Lopez, A ^b   Garcia Garcia, R M ^a   McNeilly, A S ^c   Encinas, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GROWTH HORMONE; INHIBIN A; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEVERELIX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33748366033     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: 13652885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2006.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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