Relationship of vascular perfusion of the wall of the preovulatory follicle to in vitro fertilisation and embryo development in heifers

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 689-697

  Siddiqui, M A R ^a   Gastal, E L ^b   Gastal, M O ^a   Almamun, M ^a   Beg, M A ^b   Ginther, O J ^a,b  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HEIFER; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 68949219738     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0403     Document Type: Article

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