Systemic and intraovarian effects of corpus luteum on follicular dynamics during estrous cycle in hair breed sheep

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-55

  Contreras Solis, I ^a,c   Diaz, T ^a   Lopez, G ^b   Caigua, A ^a   Lopez Sebastian, A ^c   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b INIA Lara ^*  (Venezuela)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Hair ewes; Ovarian follicular dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 37549003286     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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