Oxytocin, plasma containing leukocytes or combination of both as treatment of postbreeding endometritis in the horse

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 584-587

  Mattos, R C ^a   Meirelles, Luciana Silva ^a   Malschitzky, E ^a   Castilho, L F F ^b   Neves, Adriana Pires ^a   Mattos, Ana Luiza Gelpi ^c   Vieira, Magda Jöchins ^a   Keller, Andrea ^a   Hott A K ^a   Gregory, R M ^a  

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

^b Physical Education Department   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equine; Leukocytes; Oxytocin; Postbreeding therapy

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033465055     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/pem19990618     Document Type: Article

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