Repeatability of 2-wave and 3-wave patterns of ovarian follicular development during the bovine estrous cycle

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-90

  Jaiswal, R S ^a   Singh, J ^b   Marshall, L ^c   Adams, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine ovary; Dominant follicle; Follicular depletion; Interovulatory interval; Ovarian follicular wave

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUTEOLYSIS; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEOLYSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 67349188998     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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