Effect of immunisation against leukaemia inhibitory factor on the establishment of pregnancy in sheep

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-468

  Vogiagis, D ^a,d   Salamonsen, L A ^a   Sandeman, R M ^c   Squires, T J ^b   Butt, A R ^a   Fry, R C ^b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; Immunisation; Implantation; LIF

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HATCHING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UTERUS;

EID: 0030850339     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19970407     Document Type: Article

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