Effect of undernutrition on the distribution of progesterone in the uterus of ewes during the luteal phase of the estrous cycle

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 539-546

  Lozano, J M ^a   Abecia, J A ^a   Forcada, F ^a   Zarazaga, L ^a   Alfaro, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Nutrition; Progesterone; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FLUGESTONE ACETATE; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS; VAGINA PESSARY;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032007070     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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