Oocyte developmental competence is reduced in sows during the seasonal infertility period

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1222-1229

  Bertoldo, M ^a   Holyoake, P K ^b   Evans, G ^a   Grupen, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

blastocyst; follicle; progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; SEASONAL INFERTILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOW (SWINE); SUMMER; WEANING; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SEASONS; SUS SCROFA;

SUS;

EID: 77957744779     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD10093     Document Type: Article

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