Relation between mating or ovulation and the duration of gestation in dogs

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1706-1708

  Tsutsui, Toshihiko ^a   Hori, Tatusya ^a   Kirihara, Nobuyuki ^a   Kawakami, Eiichi ^a   Concannon, P W ^b  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Duration of gestation; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; COPULATION; DOG; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; DOGS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748575574     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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