Progestagen profiles during the last trimester of gestation in Thoroughbred mares with normal or compromised pregnancies

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1844-1856

  Ousey, Jennifer C ^a   Houghton, Ed ^b   Grainger, Lorraine ^b   Rossdale, Peter D ^c   Fowden, Abigail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Horseracing Forensic Laboratories (HFL)   (United Kingdom)

^c Rossdale & Partners   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 pregnane,3,20 dione; Mares; Placentitis; Progestagens; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844377207     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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