Ultrasonographic fetal well-being assessment, neonatal and postpartum findings of cloned pregnancies in cattle: A preliminary study on 10 fetuses and calves

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Buczinski, Sébastien ^a   Fecteau, Gilles ^a   Comeau, Geneviève ^a   Boysen, Soren R ^a   Lefebvre, Réjean C ^a   Smith, Lawrence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLONING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 65349092306     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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