Influence of progesterone on the immune system in consideration of the bovine placental retention;Einfluss von progesteron auf das immunsystem mit berücksichtigung der bovinen retentio secundinarum

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 221-227

  Scheibl, P ^a   Zerbe, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immune system; Placental retention; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETAINED PLACENTA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0034198616     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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