Early pregnancy diagnosis in bovines: Current status and future directions

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Balhara, Ashok K ^a   Gupta, Meenakshi ^b   Singh, Surender ^c   Mohanty, Ashok K ^c   Singh, Inderjeet ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON BUFFALOES   (India)

^b LALA LAJPAT RAI UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84893863020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/958540     Document Type: Article

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