Uterine blood flow during the first 3 weeks of pregnancy in dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1048-1056

  Honnens, A ^a   Voss, C ^a,b   Herzog, K ^a   Niemann, H ^b   Rath, D ^b   Bollwein, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Cow; Early pregnancy; Uterine blood flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATTLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

BOS; TULARE APPLE MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 51449095987     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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