Mastitis and fertility in cattle - Possible involvement of inflammation or immune activation in embryonic mortality

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-301

  Hansen, Peter J ^a,b   Soto, Paolete ^a   Natzke, Roger P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Embryo mortality; Endotoxin; Inflammation; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; BREAST DISEASE; BREEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SHEEP;

EID: 1842432131     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00160.x     Document Type: Review

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