Metabolic profile of pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and early lactation in multiple lambing Sakiz ewes: 2. Changes in plasma progesterone, estradiol-17β and cholesterol levels

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Özpinar, Aysel ^a   Firat, Ayşen ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Estradiol 17 ; Ewe; Lactation; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIMETRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; LACTATION; LAMB; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; COLORIMETRY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

OVIS;

EID: 0037908915     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070036     Document Type: Article

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