Plasma oxytocin concentrations during late pregnancy and parturition in the dog

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1169-1176

  Klarenbeek, M ^a   Okkens, A C ^a   Kooistra, H S ^a   Mol, J A ^a   M M Bevers, ^b   Taverne, M A M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth interval; Canine; Oxytocin; Parturition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD; BREEDING; DOG; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION; TIME;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DOGS; FEMALE; OXYTOCIN; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34848914036     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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