Ultrasound characteristics of experimentally induced luteinized unruptured follicles (LUF) and naturally occurring hemorrhagic anovulatory follicles (HAF) in the mare

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 514-524

  Cuervo Arango, J ^a   Newcombe, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^b Warren House Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic anovulatory follicle; Luteinized unruptured follicle; Mare; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLONIXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOVULATION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CLONIXIN; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION;

EID: 84855774791     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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