Lactation and pregnancy effects on blood flow to mammary and reproductive systems in heat-stressed rabbits

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-285

  Lublin, Avishay ^a,b   Wolfenson, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The Veterinary Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

blood flow; heat stress; lactation; mammary gland; ovary; pregnancy; rabbits; uterus

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BREAST; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEAT STRESS; HYPERTHERMIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEAT; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS; UTERUS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0030472693     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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