Morphological criteria of bovine ovaries for predicting retrieval efficiency of preantral follicles

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1711-1715

  Choi, Moon Hwan ^a   Oh, Ji Hwan ^a   Kim, Tae Min ^a   Han, Jae Yong ^a   Lim, Jeong Mook ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atresia; Bovine; Ovary; Preantral and Antral Follicle; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845567556     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.1711     Document Type: Article

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