Early conception factor lateral flow assays for pregnancy in the mare

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 877-883

  Marino, E ^a   Threlfall, W R ^a   Schwarze, R A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early conception factor; Equine; Mare; Pregnancy diagnosis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; ELECTRONICS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 61449093649     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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