Ovary: Counts of Ovarian Follicles
Description
The Ovary
data frame has 308 rows and 3 columns.Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- Mare
-
an ordered factor indicating the mare on which the
measurement is made.
- Time
-
time in the estrus cycle. The data were recorded daily from 3
days before ovulation until 3 days after the next ovulation. The
measurement times for each mare are scaled so that the ovulations for
each mare occur at times 0 and 1.
- follicles
-
the number of ovarian follicles greater than 10 mm in diameter.
Details
Pierson and Ginther (1987) report on a study of the number of large
ovarian follicles detected in different mares at several times in
their estrus cycles.