Optimizing the accuracy of detecting a functional corpus luteum in dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Bicalho, R C ^a   Galvao K N ^b   Guard, C L ^a   Santos, J E P ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Corpus luteum; Dairy cows; Transrectal palpation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DAIRYING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DAIRYING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

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EID: 44949245734     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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