Hormone concentration changes temporally associated with the hour of transition from preluteolysis to luteolysis in mares

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 67-72

  Ginther, O J ^a,b   Beg, M A ^b  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Luteolysis; Mare; Oxytocin; PGFM; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HORSE; LUTEOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEOLYSIS; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82955232860     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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