Anomalous pregnancies during late embryonic/early foetal period in high producing dairy cows

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 672-676

  Serrano, B ^a   Lopez Gatius F ^b   Hunter, R H F ^c   Santolaria, P ^d   Garcia Ispierto I ^e   Bech Sabat, G ^b   De Sousa, N M ^f   Beckers, J F ^f   Yaniz J L ^d  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c Reproduction of Clinics   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCOPROTEINS; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 67849108377     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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