Attempts to purify and characterize the estrus-signalling pheromone from cow urine

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-22

  Dehnhard, M ^a   Claus, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cow; estrus pheromone; isolation; rat bioassay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030198388     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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