Ultrasound imaging of mammary glands in dairy heifers at different stages of growth

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-24

  Nishimura, Maki ^a,b   Yoshida, Tetsuya ^b   El Khodery, Sabry ^d   Miyoshi, Masafumi ^b   Furuoka, Hidefumi ^a,c   Yasuda, Jun ^a,e   Miyahara, Kazuro ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Animal Medical Center   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^e IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dairy heifer; Mammary gland; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 79551701769     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.09-0503     Document Type: Article

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