Follicular progesterone levels decrease during the period of seasonal infertility in sows

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 489-494

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PATHOLOGY; SEASON; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; SEASONS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 79955649823     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01695.x     Document Type: Article

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