Spontaneous reduction of twin pregnancy in two mares;Die spontane Reduktion einer Zwillingsträchtigkeit bei zwei Stuten

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Meier, H P ^a   Gertsch, U ^a   Kohler, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Horse; Reduction; Twin pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TWINS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030637412     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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