Determination of anti-Mllerian hormone concentrations in blood as a tool to select Holstein donor cows for embryo production: From the laboratory to the farm

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 932-944

  Rico, Charl̀ne ^a   Drouilhet, Laurence ^a   Salvetti, Pascal ^b   Dalbìs Tran, Rozenn ^a   Jarrier, Peggy ^a   Touź, Jean Luc ^a   Pillet, Elodie ^b   Ponsart, Claire ^b   Fabre, St́phane ^a   Monniaux, Danielle ^a  

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

^b UNCEIA Union Nationale des Cooperatives d'Elevage et d'Insemination Animale   (France)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; bovine species; FSH; ovulation.

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUSERELIN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; DONOR; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MULTIPLE OVULATION AND EMBRYO TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUSERELIN; CATTLE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 84865850792     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11290     Document Type: Article

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