Effects of exogenous ACTH during oestrus on early embryo development and oviductal transport in the sow

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-125

  Brandt, Ylva ^a   Madej, A ^a   Rodriguez Martinez H ^a   Einarsson, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVULATION DETECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWINE; TIME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OVULATION DETECTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847338364     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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