Patterns of hormone secretion throughout pregnancy in the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 863-869

  Skidmore, Julian A ^a  

^a TBA Equine Fertility Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oestradiol 17 ; Oestrone sulfate; PGFM; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; DINOPROST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); ESTRONE; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 0029824957     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960863     Document Type: Article

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