Bacterial contamination of fetal fluids at the time of cesarean section in the cow

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 513-521

  Mijten, P ^a   Van Den Bogaard, A E J M ^b   Hazen, M J ^b   De Kruif, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial bacterial infection; Bovine; Cesarean section; Fetal fluid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; VAGINA FLORA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030749571     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00259-8     Document Type: Article

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