Effects of aglépristone, a progesterone receptor antagonist, administered during the early luteal phase in non-pregnant bitches

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 494-500

  Galac, S ^a,b   Kooistra, H S ^b   Dieleman, S J ^b   Cestnik, V ^a   Okkens, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dogs; Interestrous interval; Luteal phase; Progesterone receptor antagonist; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

AGLEPRISTONE; ESTRANE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ESTRENES; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 3042762915     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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