An update on reproductive physiology of the mare;Un aggiornamento sulla fisiologia riproduttiva della cavalla

Ippologia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-29

  Ball, Barry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Folliculogenesis; Mare; Pregnancy recognition; Reproductive physiology

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 33746699041     PISSN: 11205776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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