LH pulse frequency and the emergence and growth of ovarian antral follicular waves in the ewe during the luteal phase of the estrous cycle

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Seekallu, Srinivas V ^a   Toosi, Behzad M ^a   Rawlings, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 69349095612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-78     Document Type: Article

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