Progesterone Concentrations during Estrous Cycle of Dairy Cows Exposed to Electric and Magnetic Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 438-443

  Burchard, J F ^a,c   Nguyen, D H ^b   Block, E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternating current; Cows; Electric field; Estrous cycle; Extremely low frequency; Magnetic field; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; COW; CYCLE LENGTH; DAIRY COW; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ESTROUS CYCLE; EXPOSED TO; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PROGESTERON;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; ELECTRICITY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MAGNETISM; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTRICITY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031614433     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:7<438::aid-bem6>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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