Effect of postpartum manual examination of the vagina on uterine bacterial contamination in cows

Veterinary Record

Volumn 151, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 531-534

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

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MANUAL LABOR; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMEAR; SURGICAL GLOVE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037010437     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.151.18.531     Document Type: Article

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