Hormonal relationships during the periovulatory period among ewe breeds known to differ in fertility after cervical artificial insemination with frozen thawed semen

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 284-294

  Fair, S ^a   Hanrahan, J P ^b   Donovan, A ^b   Duffy, P ^a   O'Meara, C M ^a   Lonergan, P ^a   Evans, A C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ewe breed; Fertility; Luteinising hormone; Oestradiol; Progesterone; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPERM; TIME;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; SEMEN; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33751284470     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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