Preliminary study on factors influencing rabbit doe reproductive efficiency: Effect of parity, day of mating, and suckling on ovarian status and estrogen levels at day 6 of pregnancy

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-130

  Marongiu, Maria Laura ^a   Dimauro, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84875741700     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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