Maternal serum progesterone concentration during gestation and mammary gland growth and development at parturition in javanese thin-tail ewes carrying a single or multiple fetuses

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-136

  Manalu, W ^a   Sumaryadi, M Y ^a,b  

^a BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b JENDERAL SOEDIRMAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Mammary growth; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000173517     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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