Relationship between intra-uterine bacterial contamination, endotoxin levels and the development of endometritis in postpartum cows with dystocia or retained placenta

Theriogenology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1019-1032

  Dohmen, M J W ^a   Joop, K ^b   Sturk, A ^b   Bols, P E J ^a   Lohuis, J A C M ^a  

^a Intervet Pharma R and D   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Endometritis; Endotoxins; LPS; Postpartum cow; Retained placenta

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTOCIA; ENDOMETRITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RETAINED PLACENTA; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM; DYSTOCIA; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOCHIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034667264     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00410-6     Document Type: Article

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