Article
Relationship between ovulation rate and concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-1 in plasma during the oestrous cycle in various genotypes of sheep.
Journal of reproduction and fertility - 1 Mar 1993
Spicer L J, Hanrahan J P, Zavy M T, Enright W J
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in blood of ewes change during the oestrous cycle, oestrus was synchronized for 45 ewe lambs from four genotypes (Finn ewes selected for low ovulation rate (LF), Finn ewes selected for high ovulation rate (HF), unselected control Finn ewes (CF) and Cambridge ewes (CAM)) using progestin sponges and blood samples were taken every day from...
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