Histo-morphology of the Uterus and Early Placenta of the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and Comparative Placentome Morphology of the African Buffalo and Cattle (Bos taurus)

Placenta

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 899-911

  Schmidt, S ^a   Gerber, D ^b   Soley, J T ^b   Aire, T A ^b   Boos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Bos taurus; Cattle; Comparative placentation; Histo morphology; Placenta; Placentome; Syncerus caffer; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ENDOMETRIUM; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; FEMALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 33745190546     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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