Accuracy of pregnancy specific protein-B test for early pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 932-939

  Romano, Juan E ^a   Larson, Jamie E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cow; Pregnancy diagnosis; PSP B; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PLACENTA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAIRYING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77956229620     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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