Dose-response of female llamas to ovulation-inducing factor from seminal plasma

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 452-456

  Tanco, Valeria M ^a   Ratto, Marcelo H ^a   Lazzarotto, Maura ^a   Adams, Gregg P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Gonadotropins; Ovary; Ovulation; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION INDUCING FACTOR; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; LLAMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; OVULATION; SEMEN;

LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA;

EID: 79959537681     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.091876     Document Type: Article

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