Effects of human chorionic gonadotropin on luteal blood flow and progesterone secretion in cows and in vitro-microdialyzed corpora lutea

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-534

  Beindorff, N ^a   Honnens, A ^a   Penno, Y ^a   Paul, V ^b   Bollwein, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; hCG; Luteal blood flow; Microdialysis; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651163955     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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