Short- and long-term effects of unilateral ovariectomy in sheep: Causative mechanisms

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 490-496

  Duggavathi, R ^a,b   Bartlewski, P M ^a   Barrett, D M W ^a   Bagu, E ^a   Rawlings, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Follicle; Follicle stimulating hormone; Follicular wave; FSH; Ovulation; Ovulation compensation; Sheep; Ultrasonography; Unilateral ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; LIFESPAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNILATERAL OVARIECTOMY;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 40949145623     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.064188     Document Type: Article

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