Luteal blood flow is a more appropriate indicator for luteal function during the bovine estrous cycle than luteal size

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 691-697

  Herzog, K ^a   Brockhan Ludemann M ^a,b   Kaske, M ^a   Beindorff, N ^a   Paul, V ^c   Niemann, H ^b   Bollwein, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Cow; Estrous cycle; Luteal blood flow; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PROGESTERONE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FRIESIA;

EID: 75949094711     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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