A matched case-control study of factors associated with retention of fetal membranes in dairy ewes in Southern Greece

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 113-120

  Leontides, L ^a   Fthenakis, G C ^a   Amiridis, G S ^a   Saratsis, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fetal membranes; Retention; Risk factors; Sheep reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DYSTOCIA; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GREECE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETAINED PLACENTA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTOCIA; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GREECE; PARITY; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034728668     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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