Effect of oxytocin, prostaglandin F2α, and clenbuterol on uterine dynamics in mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 521-534

  Gastal, M O ^a,b   Gastal, E L ^a   Torres, C A A ^b   Ginther, O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clenbuterol; Mare; Oxytocin; PGF2 ; Uterine contractility; Uterine tone

Indexed keywords

CLENBUTEROL; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA TROMETAMOL;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINETICS; MUSCLE TONE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CLENBUTEROL; DINOPROST; FEMALE; HORSES; KINETICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0032170568     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00158-7     Document Type: Article

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