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Œstrous and Ovarian Response of the Ewe to a Horse Anterior Pituitary Extract

Nature volume 194, pages 1283–1284 (1962)Cite this article

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MULTIPLE-OVULATION in the ewe can be readily induced by a single injection of pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin given on the twelfth–fourteenth day of the œstrous cycle1. However, little is known of the ovarian response of the cyclic ewe to other gonadotrophins.

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  1. McCaughey Memorial Institute, Jerilderie, New South Wales

    N. W. MOORE & J. N. SHELTON

  2. the Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney,

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MOORE, N., SHELTON, J. Œstrous and Ovarian Response of the Ewe to a Horse Anterior Pituitary Extract. Nature 194, 1283–1284 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1941283a0

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