Technical note: A rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay blood test for pregnancy in dairy and beef cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3819-3824

  Green, J C ^a   Volkmann, D H ^b   Poock, S E ^b   Mcgrath, M F ^c   Ehrhardt, M ^c   Moseley, A E ^c   Lucy, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Pregnancy test; Pregnancy associated glycoproteins (PAG); Rapid

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 68949198758     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2120     Document Type: Article

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