A 40-year odyssey into the mysteries of equine luteolysis

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 591-598

  Ginther, O J ^a  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Mares; Progesterone; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HORSE; LUTEOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HORSES; LUTEOLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 68549088700     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.05.016     Document Type: Review

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