Thyroid function and pregnancy status in broodmares

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 892-894

  Meredith, Travis B ^b   Dobrinski, Ina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Reproduction Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PROTIRELIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORSE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 1542267905     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.892     Document Type: Article

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