An update on the use of B-mode ultrasonography in female pig reproduction

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 901-911

  Kauffold, J ^a   Althouse, G C ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasonography; Ovary; Pig; Puberty; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION DETECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION DETECTION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33847073800     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.12.005     Document Type: Review

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