Uterine luminal fluid protein content in viable and non-viable conceptuses in sheep

Revista Cientifica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad del Zulia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-547

  Rodríguez Márquez, José ^a   Hernández, Aureliano ^b   Vera, Víctor ^b   Morales, Roneisa ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Embryonic mortality; Implantation; Proteins; Sheep; Uterine fluid

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84856902964     PISSN: 07982259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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