Aerobic Bacterial Flora of Semen and Stallion Reproductive Tract and its Relation to Fertility Under Field Conditions;Aerob bakterieflora i sperma och könsvägar hos hingst, och dess relation till fertilitet

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-182

  Malmgren, L ^a   Engvall, E Olsson ^b   Engvall, A ^c   Albihn, A ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPERM; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEMEN; URETHRA;

EID: 0031614827     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547790     Document Type: Article

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