Uterine lavage with saline in mares as treatment for endometritis

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 521-524

  Mattos, R ^a   Castilho, L F F ^a   Malschitzky, E ^a   Neves, A P ^a   Keller, A ^a   Gregory, R M ^a   Mattos, R C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometritis; Mares; Uterine lavage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031529780     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/PEM19970516     Document Type: Article

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