Transrectal Doppler sonography of uterine blood flow during early pregnancy in mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 597-605

  Bollwein, Heinrich ^a   Mayer, Rainer ^a   Stolla, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Mare; Pregnancy; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

TULARE APPLE MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0042768025     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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