Improvement of embryo production by the replacement of the last two doses of porcine follicle-stimulating hormone with equine chorionic gonadotropin in Sindhi donors

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 119-123

  Mattos, M C C ^a   Bastos, M R ^a   Guardieiro, M M ^b   Carvalho, J O ^b   Franco, M M ^c   Mourao G B ^b   Barros, C M ^a   Sartori, R ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; ECG; Embryo; Ovarian follicle superovulation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BRAZIL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPEROVULATION;

BOS INDICUS; EQUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 79958221468     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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