Assessing Ovarian Cycle in Marmosets by Blood Collection and Hormone Analysis

July 05, 2024
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Summary

This protocol describes blood and urine sampling for measuring progesterone/estradiol and chorionic gonadotropin levels to determine the ovarian cycle stage. The hormone levels are used to predict and determine the timing of ovulation and hormones are injected to regulate the ovarian cycle and oocyte growth.