Transrectal ultrasonography and plasma progestin profiles identifies feto-placental compromise in mares with experimentally induced placentitis

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 681-691

  Morris, Steffani ^a   Kelleman, Audrey A ^a   Stawicki, Robert J ^a   Hansen, Peter J ^b   Sheerin, Peter C ^c   Sheerin, Barbara R ^a   Paccamonti, Dale L ^d   LeBlanc, Michelle M ^c  

^a Scott)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mare; Placentitis; Pregnancy; Progestins; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TIME; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 33846527144     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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