Characterization of follicle and CL development in beef heifers using high resolution three-dimensional ultrasonography

Theriogenology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 407-418

  Scully, Stephanie ^a   Evans, Alex C O ^a   Duffy, Patrick ^a   Crowe, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

3 D power doppler ultrasound; Blood flow; Cattle; CL; Estrous cycle; Follicle

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

3-D POWER DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; CATTLE; CL; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

3-D POWER DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; BLOOD FLOW; CATTLE; CL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FOLLICLE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84891624871     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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