Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of obligate anaerobic bacteria recovered from the uteri of dairy cows with retained fetal membranes and postparturient endometritis

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 193-199

  Cohen, R O ^a   Colodner, R ^b   Ziv, G ^c   Keness, J ^b  

^a Hachklait   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES MELANINOGENICUS; BOS TAURUS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RETAINED PLACENTA; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; TETRACYCLINE; UTERUS;

EID: 0030171741     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1996.tb00306.x     Document Type: Article

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