Ultrasonographic appearance of tissue is a better indicator of CL function than CL diameter measurement in dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-68

  Veronesi, M C ^a   Gabai, G ^b   Battocchio, M ^a   Mollo, A ^a   Soldano, F ^c   Bono, G ^b   Cairoli, F ^a  

^a Sez Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CL appearance; CL size; Dairy cow; Plasma progesterone; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; DAIRY CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; HISTOLOGY;

FRIESIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0035984285     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00915-9     Document Type: Article

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