Antral follicle count reliably predicts number of morphologically healthy oocytes and follicle
in ovaries of young adult cattle | CiNii Research … Antral follicle count reliably predicts
number of morphologically healthy oocytes and follicle in ovaries of young adult cattle …

Methods to predict numbers of healthy oocytes in the ovaries of young adults could have
important diagnostic relevance in family planning and animal agriculture. We have observed
that peak antral follicle count (AFC) determined by serial ovarian ultrasonography during
follicular waves is very highly reproducible within individual young adult cattle, despite 7-fold
variation among animals. Herein, we tested the hypothesis that AFC is positively associated
with the number of morphologically healthy oocytes and follicles in ovaries and with serum …