Effects of induced endometritis on the life-span of corpora lutea in pseudopregnant rabbits and incidence of spontaneous uterine infections related to fertility of breeding does

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1123-1132

  Boiti, C ^a,b   Canali, C ^b   Brecchia, G ^b   Zanon, F ^c   Facchin, E ^c  

^a Ist di Ostet e Ginecologia Vet   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Pseudopregnancy; Rabbit; Uterine infection

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; METRITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBIT; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALS; BUSERELIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033231555     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00204-6     Document Type: Article

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