Follicle numbers are highly repeatable within individual animals but are inversely correlated with FSH concentrations and the proportion of good-quality embryos after ovarian stimulation in cattle

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1687-1695

  Ireland, J J ^a   Ward, F ^b   Jimenez Krassel, F ^a   Ireland, J L H ^a   Smith, G W ^a   Lonergan, P ^b   Evans, Alex C O ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Follicles; FSH; Oocyte; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34447342550     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem071     Document Type: Article

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