Follicular growth, ovulation, corpus luteum formation, and luteal regression were investigated in hystereetomized dairy heifers. Simultaneous hysterectomy and corpus luteum removal were followed by relatively normal follicular growth, ovulation, and corpus luteum formation in five of seven heifers. These postoperative corpora lutea appeared to persist similarly to those formed prior to hysterectomy.
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