Vaginal and cervical dilatation intrapartum is associated with eosinophilic infiltration in the cow but not in the sheep

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 442-446

  Wehrend, A ^a   Gumbel B ^a   Leiser, R ^a   Failing, K ^a   Bostedt, H ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; LABOR STAGE 1; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX UTERI; EOSINOPHILS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

BOVINAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 11144345004     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2004.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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