Birth of a Holstein freemartin calf co-twinned to a schistosomus reflexus fetus

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 815-826

  Cavalieri, J ^a   Farin, P W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytogenetic testing; Freemartinism; HCG; Schistosomus reflexus

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CHIMERA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COW; CYTOGENETICS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SPINE MALFORMATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ABDOMEN; ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FREEMARTINISM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TWINS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033213541     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00174-0     Document Type: Article

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