Serum progesterone and 17β-estradiol concentrations during pregnancy of Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 595-604

  Zhao, X X ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Chen, B X ^a  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bactrian camel; Estradiol; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BREEDING; CAMEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0032170939     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00164-2     Document Type: Article

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