Heat Stress, the Follicle, and Its Enclosed Oocyte: Mechanisms and Potential Strategies to Improve Fertility in Dairy Cows

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 238-244

  Roth, Z ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HEAT; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 58149186751     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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