Use of fetal biometry to determine fetal age in late pregnancy in llamas

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 101-109

  Herrera, Emilio A ^a   Riquelme, Raquel A ^b   Sanhueza, Emilia M ^a   Raggi, Luis A ^b   Llanos, Aníbal J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Fetometry; Newborn; Pregnancy; South american camelids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY;

LAMA (CAMEL); LAMA GLAMA;

EID: 0037110568     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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