Morphological Quality of Oocytes and Blood Plasma Metabolites in Repeat Breeding and Early Lactation Dairy Cows

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-260

  Kurykin, J ^a   Waldmann, A ^a   Tiirats, T ^a   Kaart, T ^b   Jaakma, U ^a  

^a Department of Reproductive Biology ^*  (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL; DAIRYING; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATION; OOCYTES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

BOS;

EID: 79952578718     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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