Relationships of follicle versus oocyte maturity to ultrasound morphology, blood flow, and hormone concentrations of the preovulatory follicle in mares

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-208

  Ginther, O J ^a,b   Gastal, E L ^b   Gastal, M O ^a   Siddiqui, M A R ^a   Beg, M A ^b  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Blood flow; Follicle; Growth factors; Mares; Oocyte development; Oocytes; Ovarian steroids; Preovulatory follicle; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MARE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HORMONES; HORSES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 34547444110     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.061184     Document Type: Article

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