Oxytocin does not contribute to the effects of cervical dilation on progesterone secretion and embryonic development in mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1397-1404

  Handler, Johannes ^a,b   Hoffmann, Danielle ^a   Weber, Frank ^c   Schams, Dieter ^d   Aurich, Christine ^b  

^a Gynecology and Andrology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Research Centre for Milk and Food   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical dilation; Early pregnancy; Embryonic growth; Mare; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

CARBETOCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSES; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747387305     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.032     Document Type: Article

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