Ultrasound evaluation of ovarian response to photoperiodic control measures in Camelus dromedarius

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-48

  Vyas, Sumant ^a   Singh, Raghvendra ^a   Purohit, Govind Narajan ^b   Pareek, P K ^b   Sahani, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON CAMEL   (India)

^b University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Camelus dromedarius; Ovary; Photoperiodicity; Progesterone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 41149181181     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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