Relationship between ultrasonic characteristics of the corpus luteum, plasma progesterone concentration and early pregnancy diagnosis in Friesian mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 585-592

  Sevinga, M ^a,e   Schukken, Y H ^b   Hesselink, J W ^c   Jonker, F H ^d  

^a Veterinary Practice Mid Fryslan   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Animal Health Service Drachten   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Lange Miente 5   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Friesian mares; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HORSES; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROGESTERONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 0033197626     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00154-5     Document Type: Article

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