A Kinetic Study of Fatty Acid Composition of Embryos, Oviductal and Uterine Fluids in the Rabbit

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-64

  Khandoker, M A M Yahia ^a,b   Tsujii, H ^a   Karasawa, D ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo; Fatty acid; Oviductal fluid; Rabbit; Uterine fluid

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0346499904     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1998.60     Document Type: Article

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