Pulsatility and interrelationships of 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF2alpha (PGFM), luteinizing hormone, progesterone, and estradiol in heifers

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 922-932

  Ginther, O J ^a,b   Fuenzalida, Maria J ^a   Hannan, Minhaj A ^a   Beg, Mohd A ^b  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Estradiol estradiol receptor; Luteinizing hormone (LH LH receptor); PGFM; Progesterone progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HEIFER; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEOLYSIS; PERIODICITY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79956263000     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.089953     Document Type: Article

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