Post-breeding endometritis in the mare

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 60-61, Issue , 2000, Pages 221-232

  Watson, Elaine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometritis; Mare; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034596139     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(00)00110-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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