Summary: Real-time ultrasonic pregnancy diagnosis in sheep. Part 2: Comparison of transrectal versus transcutaneous pregnancy diagnosis;Die ultrasonographische trächtigkeitsdiagnostik (B-mode) beim schaf. Teil 2: Vergleichende untersuchungen zur transkutanen und transrektalen trachtigkeitsdiagnostik

Tierarztliche Praxis Ausgabe G: Grosstiere - Nutztiere

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 559-566

  Kaulfuss K H ^a,b   Zipper, N ^b   May, J ^b   Suss R ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pregnancy diagnosis; Real time ultrasound; Sheep; Transrectal and transcutaneous examination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SKIN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SKIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030332098     PISSN: 14341220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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