An early endometrial vascular indicator of completed orientation of the embryo and the role of dorsal endometrial encroachment in mares

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 337-343

  Silva, L A ^a   Ginther, O J ^a,b  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Conceptus; Embryo; Endometrium; Female reproductive tract; Mares; Orientation; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 31044442288     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.047621     Document Type: Article

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