Assessment of fetal well-being in cattle by ultrasonography in normal, high-risk, and cloned pregnancies

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Buczinski, Sébastien ^a   Fecteau, Gilles ^a   Lefebvre, Réjean C ^a   Smith, Lawrence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLONING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

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EID: 79953149294     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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