Plasma concentration of estrone sulfate during pregnancy in different breeds of Japanese beef cattle

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-374

  Isobe, Naoki ^a   Nakao, Toshihiko ^a   Uehara, Osamu ^a,b   Yamashiro, Hidekazu ^a   Kubota, Hirokazu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nishimorokata Agricultural Extension Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrone sulfate; Feto placenta; Gestation; Japanese beef cattle

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE SULFATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; BREED DIFFERENCE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; LABOR; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; RETAINED PLACENTA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NEWBORN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; ESTRONE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642418524     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.49.369     Document Type: Article

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