A simple superovulation method of a single injection of follicle-stimulating hormone combined with equine chorionic gonadotropin for superovulation of Suffolk ewes during the breeding season: I. Effects of different treatments on the endocrine profiles

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-176

  Watanabe, Hiroko ^a   Miyamoto, Akio ^a   Okada, Midori ^a   Ishida, Naohisa ^a   Kimura, Hidenori ^a   Fukui, Yutaka ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

eCG; Endocrine profiles; Ewes; pFSH; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083945     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.44.169     Document Type: Article

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