Investigation of the regional differences in the pH value in the vagina, cervix and uterus of cows during interoestrus;Untersuchungen zum regionalen pH-Wert in vagina, zervix und uterus von kühen im interöstrus

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Wehrend, A ^a   Trasch, K ^a   Failing, K ^b   Bostedt, H ^a  

^a Klinik fur Geburtshilfe   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Genital tract; Gynaecology; pH value

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOCUMENTATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PH; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0038813968     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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