Relationship between maternal plasma progesterone concentration and interferon-tau synthesis by the conceptus in cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 703-714

  Kerbler, T L ^a   Buhr, M M ^a   Jordan, L T ^a   Leslie, K E ^a   Walton, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Interferon ; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INTERFERON; PROGESTERONE;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAU INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031062350     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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