Morphological features of the placenta at term in the Martina Franca donkey

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 918-924

  Carluccio, A ^a   Panzani, S ^b   Tosi, U ^a   Riccaboni, P ^b   Contri, A ^a   Veronesi, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Donkey; Morphological features; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 41549114462     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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