Effects of reproductive status and management on cortisol secretion and fertility of oestrous horse mares

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 276-285

  Berghold, Petra ^a   Möstl, Erich ^a   Aurich, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fertility; Horse; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; SPERM PRESERVATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34948866816     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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