Role of follicular estradiol-17beta in timing of luteolysis in heifers

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 426-437

  Araujo, Reno R ^a,b   Ginther, O J ^a,b   Ferreira, Jair C ^b   Palhão, Miller M ^b   Beg, Mohd A ^a   Wiltbank, Milo C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Corpus luteum; Estradiol; Luteolysis; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEIFER; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEOLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 68049136111     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.073825     Document Type: Article

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