Evaluation of a commercially available luteinizing hormone test for its ability to distinguish between ovariectomized and sexually intact bitches

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 220, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1331-1335

  Löfstedt, Robert M ^a   VanLeeuwen, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE;

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; EVALUATION; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036581408     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.220.1331     Document Type: Article

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