Anti-Müllerian hormone plasma concentration in prepubertal ewe lambs as a predictor of their fertility at a young age

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lahoz, Belén ^a   Alabart, José L ^a   Monniaux, Danielle ^b   Mermillod, Pascal ^b   Folch, José ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RASA ARAGONESA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP;

EID: 84868615826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-118     Document Type: Article

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