Changes in plasma gonadotropin concentrations and urethral closure pressure in the bitch during the 12 months following ovariectomy

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1391-1402

  Reichler, Iris Margaret ^a   Pfeiffer, Esther ^a   Piché, Claude A ^b   Jöchle, Wolfgang ^c   Roos, Malgorzata ^a   Hubler, Madeleine ^a   Arnold, Susi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PR Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^c Wolfgang Jochle Assoc Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitch; FSH; LH; Spaying; Urethral closure pressure

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; KINETICS; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; KINETICS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; PRESSURE; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

CANIDAE;

EID: 4644246263     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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