Evaluation of false transrectal ultrasonographic pregnancy diagnoses in sheep by measuring the plasma level of pregnancy-associated glycoproteins

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 577-586

  Karen, Aly ^a   Beckers, Jean François ^b   Sulon, Jose ^b   El Amiri, Bouchra ^b   Szabados, Kristián ^c   Ismail, Sanaa ^a   Reiczigel, Jenö ^d   Szenci, Otto ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Science   (Hungary)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Belgium)

^c Awassi Corporation   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ovPAG; Pregnancy diagnosis; Sheep; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY POSITION; BREEDING; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STANDING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1942472113     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2004005     Document Type: Article

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