Estradiol measurement after GnRH-stimulation as a method to diagnose the presence of ovaries in the female domestic cat

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-191

  Axner E ^a   Gustavsson, T ^a   Strom Holst B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buserelin; GnRH challenge; Ovarian remnant syndrome

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PROGESTERONE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 44949107161     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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