Plasma progesterone and prolactin concentrations in overtly pseudopregnant bitches: A clinical study

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1032-1038

  Tsutsui, T ^a   Kirihara, N ^a   Hori, T ^a   Concannon, P W ^b  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Mammary; Progesterone; Prolactin; Pseudopregnancy

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33847070049     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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