Changes in some serum hormonal profiles during pregnancy in single- and twin foetus-bearing Akkaraman sheep

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1138-1141

  Yildiz, Atilla ^a   Balikci, Engin ^a   Gurdogan, Fuat ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Oestradiol; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Sheep; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27144472454     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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