The relationship between oocyte morphology and ovarian status in cattle

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 953-958

  Nagano, Masashi ^a,b   Hishinuma, Mitsugu ^b   Katagiri, Seiji ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Follicular diameter; Follicular wave; Oocyte morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34548575030     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.19022     Document Type: Article

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