Alteration in uterine contractility in mares with experimentally induced placentitis

Reproduction

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-66

  McGlothlin, J A ^a   Lester, G D ^a   Hansen, P J ^a   Thomas, M ^a   Pablo, L ^a   Hawkins, D L ^a   LeBlanc, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HORSE; INOCULATION; MYOELECTRICITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 1242273614     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00021     Document Type: Article

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