Endocrinology of pregnancy and early pregnancy detection by reproductive hormones in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1775-1788

  Ropstad, E ^a   Veiberg, V ^b   Sakkinen H ^c   Dahl, E ^a   Kindahl, H ^d   Holand, O ^a   Beckers, J F ^e   Eloranta, E ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

15 Ketodihydro PGF2 ; Estradiol; Estrone sulphate; Pregnancy associated glycoproteins; Pregnancy diagnosis; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 14744278461     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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