Comparison of pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle by use of a commercial ELISA and palpation per rectum

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-298

  Breed, Matthew W ^a,b   Guard, Charles L ^a   White, Maurice E ^a   Smith, Mary C ^a   Warnick, Lorin D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY-SPECIFIC BETA 1-GLYCOPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 69549101594     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.3.292     Document Type: Article

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