A study of two protocols combining aglepristone and cloprostenol to treat open cervix pyometra in the bitch

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 901-908

  Gobello, Cristina ^a   Castex, Gervasio ^a,b   Klima, Liliana ^a   Rodríguez, Raúl ^a   Corrada, Yanina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Comn de Invest Científicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aglepristone; Bitch; Cloprostenol; Pyometra

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE;

EID: 0043286414     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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