Temporal relationships of the LH surge and ovulation to echotexture and power Doppler signals of blood flow in the wall of the preovulatory follicle in heifers

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1110-1117

  Siddiqui, M A R ^a   Ferreira, J C ^a   Gastal, E L ^b   Beg, M A ^b   Cooper, D A ^a   Ginther, O J ^a,b  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEIFER; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE STRATUM GRANULOSUM; OVULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VIDEO RECORDING;

BOS;

EID: 77956237303     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09251     Document Type: Article

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