Endocrine Abstracts

Efficiency of superovulatory protocols in ruminants is affected by occurrence of several reproductive abnormalities, such as anovulatory follicles (Kafi and McGowan 1997, Animal Reproduction Science, 48:137-157). The aims of current study were to characterize, in sheep, the incidence and possible causes of anovulatory follicles, their endocrine functionality in terms of oestradiol production and possible effects on viability of embryos from other follicles. The number and size...