Pulsatile LH secretion and ovarian follicular wave emergence and growth in anestrous ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 912-921

  Seekallu, Srinivas V ^a,b   Barrett, David M W ^a,c   Toosi, Behzad M ^a   Clarke, Kelsey ^a   Ewen, Kirk A ^a   Duggavathi, Rajesha ^a,d   Davies, Kate L ^a,e   Pattullo, Kim M ^a   Bagu, Edward T ^a,f   Rawlings, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anestrous; Estradiol; FSH; Ovarian follicular waves; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ALGORITHM; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SECRETION; SHEEP; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INFUSIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956225640     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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