Plasma progesterone concentration depends on sampling site in pigs

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 305-316

  Virolainen, Juha V ^a,b   Love, Robert J ^b   Tast, Anssi ^a   Peltoniemi, Olli A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone; Mechanisms of hormone action; Ovary; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 14744298462     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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