The concentration of faecal progestins during the oestrous cycle in nkone cows and the effect of duration of storage of faecal samples at room temperature on faecal progestin levels

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 373-381

  Masunda, B ^a   Mutisi, C ^a   Hamudikuwanda, H ^a   Agumbah, J G O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cow; Faeces; Oestrus; Ovarian function; Progesterone; Progestin; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ESTRUS; FECES; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLOPROSTENOL; ESTRUS; FECES; FEMALE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033255898     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005225208922     Document Type: Article

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