Effect of luteinizing hormone overstimulation on equine follicle maturation

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-416

  Schauer, S N ^a   Guillaume, D ^b,c,d   Decourt, C ^b,c,d   Watson, E D ^e   Briant, C ^f   Donadeu, F X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^f Institut Français du cheval et de l'équitation   (France)

Author keywords

Follicular growth; Hemorrhagic anovulatory follicles; LH; Mares; PGF2

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DINOPROST; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HORSES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84872190855     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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