Prediction of stage of pregnancy in prolific sheep using ultrasound measurement of fetal bones

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 7-13

  Greenwood, Paul L ^a   Slepetis, Ramona M ^a   McPhee, Malcolm J ^a   Bell, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; METACARPAL BONE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SHEEP; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; METACARPUS; PARIETAL BONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036253344     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD01047     Document Type: Article

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