Effects of levonorgestrel on ovulation and oestrous behaviour in the female tammar wallaby

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-340

  Hynes, Emily F ^a   Nave, Chris D ^a,b   Shaw, Geoff ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contraception; Follicular development; Gestagen; Macropus eugenii; Marsupial

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPAUSE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LEVONORGESTREL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; OVARY; OVULATION; OVULATION INHIBITION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 33846643483     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06063     Document Type: Article

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