The concentrations of catecholamines and oxytocin receptors in the oviduct and its contractile activity in cows during the estrous cycle

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 953-964

  Kotwica, G ^a   Kurowicka, B ^a   Franczak, A ^a   Grzegorzewski, W ^b   Wrobel, M ^a   Mlynarczuk, J ^b   Kotwica, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cyclic cows; Motility of oviduct; Oviduct; Oxytocin receptors

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 0041783156     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00086-4     Document Type: Article

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