Characterisation of pregnancy losses after embryo transfer by measuring plasma progesterone and bovine pregnancy-associated glycoprotein-1 concentrations

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-76

  Breukelman, S P ^a   Perenyi Z ^b,d   Taverne, M A M ^a   Jonker, H ^a   van der Weijden, G C ^a   Vos, P L A M ^a   de Ruigh, L ^c   Dieleman, S J ^a   Beckers, J F ^b   Szenci, O ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c HG   (Netherlands)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bovine pregnancy associated glycoprotein 1; Cattle; Pregnancy loss; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARITY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY LOSS; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SUPEROVULATION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84868197624     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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