Progestin implants can rescue demi-embryo pregnancies in goats: A case study

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1505-1511

  Beckett, D M ^a   Oppenheim, S M ^a   Moyer, A L ^a   BonDurant, R H ^a   Rowe, J D ^a   Andersen, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demi embryos; Goat; Progestin implants; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; NORGESTOMET; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG IMPLANT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOATS; LUTEOLYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNENEDIONES; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 0033150823     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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