Miniature ponies: 1. Follicular, luteal and endometrial dynamics during the oestrous cycle

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 376-385

  Gastal, E L ^a   Neves, A P ^b   Mattos, R C ^b   Petrucci, B P L ^b   Gastal, M O ^c   Ginther, O J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Endometrial echotexture; Follicles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GROWTH RATE; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MINIATURE PONY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PROBABILITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORSES; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 40549130653     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07164     Document Type: Article

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