24-Hour secretion patterns of plasma oestradiol in pony mares in late gestation

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-235

  O'Donnell, L J ^a   Sheerin, B R ^a   Hendry, J M ^a   Thatcher, M J ^a   Thatcher, W W ^a   LeBlanc, Michelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037609000     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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