The efficacy of recombinant equine follicle stimulating hormone (reFSH) to promote follicular growth in mares using a follicular suppression model

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 291-307

  Jennings, M W ^a   Boime, I ^b   Daphna Iken, D ^b   Jablonka Shariff, A ^b   Conley, A J ^c   Colgin, M ^d   Bidstrup, L A ^a   Meyers Brown, G A ^a   Famula, T R ^a   Roser, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AspenBio Pharma   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicles; Hormones; Mares; Ovulation; Recombinant equine FSH

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHO CELL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICETULUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HORSE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; OVULATION INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; OVULATION INHIBITION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 70350008105     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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