Oviductal isthmic motility in relation to ovulation and endocrine changes in unrestrained sows

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1609-1621

  Mwanza, A M ^a,b   Lundeheim, N ^a   Pettersson, A ^a   Kindahl, H ^a   Einarsson, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Estradiol 17 ; Isthmic motility; Ovulation; Progesterone; Prostaglandin F(2 ) metabolite; Sow

Indexed keywords

15-KETO-13,14-DIHYDROPROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS; SWINE; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS DETECTION; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MOVEMENT; OVULATION; PRESSURE; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034193876     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00301-0     Document Type: Article

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