Determination of early pregnancy and embryonic growth in goats by transrectal ultrasound scanning

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1555-1565

  Martinez F M ^a   Bosch, P ^a   Bosch, R A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Embryos; Goat; Pregnancy diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GOAT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART RATE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CLOPROSTENOL; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GOATS; HEART RATE; MALE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; NUBIAN;

EID: 0032102869     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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