Endocrine profiles of somatic nuclear transfer-derived pregnancies in dairy cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 911-920

  Kohan Ghadr, H R ^a   Fecteau, G ^a   Smith, L C ^a   Murphy, B D ^a   Lefebvre, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine; Clone; Endocrine hormones; Monitoring; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY-SPECIFIC BETA 1-GLYCOPROTEINS; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 80051697172     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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