Anti-Mllerian hormone: A predictive marker of embryo production in cattle?

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1083-1091

  Monniaux, Danielle ^a   Barbey, Sarah ^b   Rico, Charl̀ne ^a   Fabre, St́phane ^a   Gallard, Yves ^b   Larroque, H́l̀ne ^c  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; bovine species; FSH; ovulation

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRY CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPEROVULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 77954621257     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09279     Document Type: Article

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