A comparison of diagnosis of pregnancy in the goat via transrectal ultrasound scanning, progesterone, and pregnancy-associated glycoprotein assays

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1108-1115

  González, Fernando ^a   Cabrera, Fernando ^a   Batista, Miguel ^a   Rodríguez, Noemí ^a   Álamo, Desiré ^a   Sulon, Jose ^b   Beckers, Jean François ^b   Gracia, Anselmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Goat; Pregnancy diagnosis; Pregnancy associated glycoprotein (PAG); Progesterone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOAT; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GOATS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROGESTERONE; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 3543130155     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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