Measurement of Gestagen Concentration in Feces Using a Bovine Milk Progesterone Quantitative Test EIA Kit and Its Application to Early Pregnancy Diagnosis in the Sow

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 695-701

  Moriyoshi, Masaharu ^a   Nozoki, Kouya ^a   Ohtaki, Tadatoshi ^a   Nakada, Ken ^a   Nakao, Toshihiko ^a   Kawata, Keiichiro ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy diagnosis; Feces; Gestagen; Quantitative test EIA kit; Sow

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; SUS SCROFA;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MILK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROGESTERONE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031196132     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.59.695     Document Type: Article

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