A scanning electron microscopic study of the peritoneal mesothelium covering the genital tract and its ligaments in the cow

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 149-155

  Yaniz J L ^a   Santolaria, P ^b   Rutllant, J ^c   Lopez Bejar M ^c   Lopez Gatius F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Politecnica Superior de Huesca   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; PERITONEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVARY; PERITONEUM; SPERMATOZOA; UTERUS;

EID: 0034198745     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2000.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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