Ultrasonography in Small Ruminant Reproduction

Comparative Reproductive Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 349-376

  Meinecke Tillmann, Sabine ^a   Meinecke, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical data; Reproduction; Reproductive tract; Ruminants; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858159445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470390290.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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