Comparison of hormonal changes of estrous cycle with cytology of cervical mucosa and hematological parameters in dairy heifers

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-97

  Ahmadi, M R ^a   Nazifi, S ^a   Ghaisari, H R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical mucosa; Cytology; Estrous cycle; Heifers; Hematology

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIESTRUS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METESTRUS; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA;

EID: 33845690630     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-006-0613-7     Document Type: Article

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