Acute phase protein responses to uterine bacterial contamination in cattle after calving

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 172-175

  Sheldon, I M ^a   Noakes, D E ^a   Rycroft, A ^a   Dobson, H ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; UTERUS;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; UTERUS;

EID: 0035835611     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.6.172     Document Type: Article

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