The relationship of rheological behavior of the vaginal fluid at the time of insemination to the pregnancy rate in dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 865-871

  Lopez Gatius F ^a   Labernia J ^a   Santolaria, P ^a   Rutllant, J ^b   Lopez Bejar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Flow behavior; Pregnancy rate; Thixotropy; Vaginal fluid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COW; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FLOW KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; SHEAR STRESS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 18844469498     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00307-5     Document Type: Article

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