Estimation of fetal development in Manchega dairy ewes by transrectal ultrasonographic measurements

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-250

  De Gonzalez Bulnes A ^a   Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Lopez Sebastian A ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Invest Agronomicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foetal growth; Gestational age; Sheep; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010284294     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00062-x     Document Type: Article

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