Uterine Infection Influences Size and Follicular Fluid Composition of the Largest Follicle in Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-84

  Pande, M ^a   Das, G K ^a   Khan, F A ^b   Sarkar, M ^a   Prasad, J K ^a   Pathak, M C ^a   Kumar, H ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; UTERINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 84872494170     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2012.02034.x     Document Type: Article

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