Oxygen and steroid concentrations in preovulatory follicles of lactating dairy cows exposed to acute heat stress

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 805-813

  de Castro e Paula, L A ^a   Andrzejewski, J ^b   Julian, D ^b   Spicer, L J ^c   Hansen, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Heat stress; Ovarian follicles; Oxygen; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; OXYGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEAT INJURY; LACTATION; MICROCLIMATE; OSMOLARITY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; LACTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS;

BOS;

EID: 40949126474     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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