Morphological characteristics of the bovine corpus luteum during the estrous cycle and pregnancy

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1295-1325

  Fields, M J ^a   Fields, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus Luteum; Cow; Estrous Cycle; Ovary; Oxytocin; Pregnancy; Secretory Granules

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 0001166778     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00099-4     Document Type: Article

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