Concentrations of total protein, albumin and immunoglobulins in undiluted uterine fluid of gynecologically healthy mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 821-831

  Tunon A M ^a   Rodriguez Martinez H ^a   Hulten C ^a   Nummijarvi A ^b   Magnusson, U ^a  

^a Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences   (Sweden)

^b Equine Research   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALBUMINOID; CHEMOTAXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TAMPON; UTERUS; UTERUS FLUID;

AGING; ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PARITY; PROTEINS; UTERUS;

EID: 0032532725     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00187-3     Document Type: Article

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