Detection of cervical bacterial contamination in swine by two methods of swabbing in relation to artificial insemination

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-44

  Carabin, Hélène ^a   Martineau, Guy Pierre ^a   Vaillancourt, Denis ^a   Higgins, Robert ^a   Bigras Poulin, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA SMEAR; VULVA;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS; VULVA;

EID: 0029683785     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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