Assessment of early postpartum reproductive performance in two high producing estonian dairy herds

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 131-143

  Kask, K ^a   Kurykin, J ^a   Lindjarv R ^a   Kask, A ^b   Kindahl, H ^c  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b Veterinary Centre of Tartu County   (Estonia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood electrolytes; Blood urea nitrogen; Glucose; Milk production; Ovarian activity; PGF2 ; Postpartum cow; Progesterone; Uterine bacteriology

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTEROIDES; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; COW; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GLUCOSE ASSAY; HERD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; METRITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MILK LEVEL; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PALPATION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; ULTRASOUND; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTROLYTES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; LACTATION; OVARIAN FUNCTION TESTS; OVULATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 1842629526     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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