Accuracy of trans-abdominal ultrasound pregnancy diagnosis in sows using a linear or sector probe

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 438-443

  Maes, D ^a   Dewulf, J ^a   Vanderhaeghe, C ^a   Claerebout, K ^a   De Kruif, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; LITTER SIZE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SWINE; TIME;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33748787672     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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