Uterine oxytocin responsiveness and maternal recognition of pregnancy in the mare

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 608-610

  Stout, T A E ^a,b   Allen, W R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TBA Equine Fertility Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mare; Oxytocin; Pregnancy; Prostaglandin F2 ; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 0033465056     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/pem19990623     Document Type: Article

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