Progesterone increases susceptibility of gilts to uterine infections after intrauterine inoculation with infectious bacteria

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1242-1252

  Wulster Radcliffe, M C ^a   Seals, R C ^a   Lewis, G S ^b,c  

^a BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^c Box 2010 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gilts; Infections; Progesterone; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

PROGESTERONE;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 0642346242     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8151242x     Document Type: Article

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