Progestin exposure before gonadotropin stimulation improves embryo development after in vitro fertilization in the domestic cat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 558-567

  Pelican, Katharine M ^a,b   Spindler, Rebecca E ^a   Pukazhenthi, Budhan S ^a   Wildt, David E ^a   Ottinger, Mary A ^b   Howard, JoGayle ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPIN; ITURELIX; LACTIC ACID; LEVONORGESTREL; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CAT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPINS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTINS; PYRUVIC ACID; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EQUIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 77957573763     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.083360     Document Type: Article

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