Effects of Stage of Gestation and Uterine Ligation on Ovine Placentome Development and Glycosaminoglycans

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1053-1062

  Ott, Troy L ^a,b   Wiley, Anne A ^a   Bartol, Frank F ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycosaminoglycans; Growth; Hyaluronic Acid; Placenta; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; CHORION VILLUS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGATION; MESODERM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHORIONIC VILLI; DECIDUA; DNA; FEMALE; FETUS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYALURONIC ACID; LIGATION; MESODERM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEINS; RNA; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 0031110101     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7541053x     Document Type: Article

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