Factors leading to endometritis in dairy cows in Egypt with special reference to reproductive performance

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-375

  Ghanem, Mohamed ^a,b   Shalaby, Abedel Hamid ^a   Sharawy, Sayed ^a   Saleh, Nashet ^a  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Endometritis; Reproductive performance; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244406669     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.371     Document Type: Article

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