β-Nerve growth factor is a major component of alpaca seminal plasma and induces ovulation in female alpacas

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1093-1097

  Kershaw Young, C M ^a   Druart, X ^b   Vaughan, J ^c   Maxwell, W M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c Cria Genesis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Camelid; Ovulation inducing factor

Indexed keywords

BETA NERVE FIBER GROWTH FACTOR; BUSERELIN; CLOPROSTENOL; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT HUMAN BETA NERVE FIBER GROWTH FACTOR; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPACA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BETA NERVE FIBER; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BUSERELIN; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE; SEMEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS;

EID: 84864315636     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12039     Document Type: Article

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