The role of the pituitary gland and uterus in regulating ovarian
function in the estradiol-treated gilt and ewe was investigated in two
experiments.
Pituitary gonadotropin content, ovarian follicular development and
corpus luteum function were studied following daily intramuscular
injection of seven gilts with 7 mg of 17β-estradiol from day 11...
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Cystic ovarian disease (COD) is an anovulatory condition in cattle
that afflicts between 6-18% of all dairy cows in the US. Ovulation is
dependent on the plasminogen activator (PA) family of proteases
and protease inhibitor for proteolysis, culminating in follicular rupture.
Failure of the follicle to ovulate suggests an aberration...