Comparison of Plasma Progesterone, Transrectal Ultrasound and Pregnancy Specific Proteins (PSPB) used for Pregnancy Diagnosis in Reindeer;Sammenlikning av plasma progesteron, rektal ultralydundersøkelse og drektighetsspesifikke proteiner (PSPB) brukt for drektighetsdiagnose hos rein

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-162

  Ropstad, E ^a   Johansen, O ^b   King, C ^a   Dahl, E ^a   Albon, S D ^d   Langvatn, R L ^e   Irvine, R J ^d   Halvorsen, O ^f   Sasser, G ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Directorate of Reindeer Husbandry   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

diagnostic tests; reproduction; reproductive endocrinology; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; RECTUM; REINDEER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RECTUM; REINDEER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SVALBARD; UTERUS;

EID: 0033251842     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547032     Document Type: Article

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