The influence of the ovulation rate on ultrasonically determined ovine corpus luteum morphometry and progesterone concentrations in cyclic and early pregnant sheep;Der einfluss der ovulationsrate auf die mittels ultrasonographie ermittelte corpus-luteum-morphometrie und die blutplasma-progesteronkonzentration bei zyklischen und frühträchtigen schafen

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 249-254

  Kaulfuss, K H ^a   Moritz, S ^b   Giucci, E ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ewe; Luteal function; Ovulation rate; Progesterone; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 0037778831     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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