Uterine clearance and resistance to persistent endometritis in the mare

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 461-471

  Troedsson, M H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometritis; Mare; Uterine clearance; Uterine defense

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREEDING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033180423     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00143-0     Document Type: Article

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