Use of group-specific antibodies to detect fecal progesterone metabolites during the estrous cycle of cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-32

  Schwarzenberger, F ^a   Son, C H ^a,b   Pretting, R ^a   Arbeiter, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

20 oxo pregnanes; feces; luteal function; milk progesterone; noninvasive

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030197986     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00138-0     Document Type: Article

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