Follicle ablation improves the ovarian response and the number of collected embryos in superovulated cows during the early stages of lactation

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 402-407

  Amiridis, G S ^a   Tsiligianni, T ^a,b   Vainas, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; LACTATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPEROVULATION;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33748781167     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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