Ultrasonographic characterization of the ovaries and the uterus in prepubertal and pubertal gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1635-1648

  Kauffold, Johannes ^a   Rautenberg, Tanja ^a   Richter, Andreas ^a   Waehner, Martin ^b   Sobiraj, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b ANHALT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gilt; Ovary; Sexual maturity; Ultrasonography; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; UTERUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; UTERUS;

EID: 1542321184     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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