Effects of the combination antibiotic - EDTA-Tris in the treatment of chronic bovine endometritis caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-39

  Farca, A M ^a   Nebbia, P ^a   Robino, P ^a   Re, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bovine; Chronic endometritis; EDTA Tris; Resistant bacteria

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMIKAVET; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EDETIC ACID; ENROFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSPECTIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PANTERRAMICINA; SPECTINOMYCIN; TROMETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOMETRITIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031190348     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1997.0199     Document Type: Article

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