Factors affecting spontaneous reduction of corpora lutea and twin embryos during the late embryonic/early fetal period in multiple-ovulating dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-299

  Lopez Gatius F ^a   Garcia Ispierto I ^a   Hunter, R H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum reduction; Embryo reduction; Multiple ovulating dairy cows; Twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 72449167384     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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