Association of uterine edema with follicle waves around the onset of the breeding season in pony mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1181-1187

  Watson, E D ^a   Thomassen, R ^a,b   Nikolakopoulos, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Follicles; Mare; Uterine edema

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EDEMA; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; HORSES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SEASONS; UTERUS;

EID: 0037354801     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01161-5     Document Type: Article

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