Effects of melatonin treatment on follicular development and oocyte quality in Chios ewes - Short communication

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-335

  Tsiligianni, Theodora ^a,b   Valasi, Irene ^a   Cseh, Sándor ^c   Vainas, Emmanuel ^b   Faigl, Vera ^c   Samartzi, Fotini ^b   Papanikolaou, Thomas ^a   Dovolou, Eleni ^a   Amiridis, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Embryo; Melatonin; Oocyte; OPU; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 68249146147     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.57.2009.2.13     Document Type: Article

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