Assessment of luteal function by ultrasonographic appearance and measurement of corpora lutea in goats

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 36-46

  Simoes J ^a   Almeida, J C ^a   Baril, G ^b   Azevedo, J ^a   Fontes, P ^a   Mascarenhas, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Corpora lutea; Estrous cycle; Goat; Progesterone; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GOAT; IMAGE PROCESSING; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GOATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33751207434     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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