An investigation on plasma progesterone levels during pregnancy and at parturition in the Ivesi sheep

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-340

  Kalkan, C ^a   Cetin H ^a   Kaygusuzoglu, E ^a   Yilmaz, B ^a,b   Ciftci M ^a   Yildiz, H ^a   Yildiz, A ^a   Deveci, H ^a   Apaydin, A M ^a   Ocal H ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetuses; Parturition; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; FEMALE; LABOR; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SHEEP;

EID: 0030340643     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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