Technical Note: Direct enzyme immunoassay of progesterone in bovine milk whey

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4239-4242

  Comin, A ^a   Renaville, B ^a   Marchini, E ^a   Maiero, S ^a   Cairoli, F ^b   Prandi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cow; Milk; Progesterone; Whey

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 29144443005     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73110-6     Document Type: Article

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