Mid-gestation pregnancy termination in rabbits by the progesterone antagonist aglepristone

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1056-1060

  Ozalp G R ^a   Seyrek Intas K ^a   Çalişkan, Ç ^a   Wehrend, A ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aglepristone; Pregnancy termination; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; AGLEPRISTONE; ESTRANE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INDUCED ABORTION; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ESTRENES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 42749092496     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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