Characteristics of bovine early puerperal uterine contractility recorded under farm conditions

Theriogenology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-111

  Bajcsy, Árpád Csaba ^a,b   Szenci, Ottó ^b   Doornenbal, Arie ^a   Van Der Weijden, Gijsbert C ^a   Csorba, Csaba ^c   Kocsis, László ^c   Szucs, Imre ^c   Ostgard, Stig ^b   Taverne, Marcel A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Hód Mezgazda Agricultural Co Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Early puerperium; Farm conditions; Ionized calcium; Uterine contractions

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIVALENT CATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PUERPERIUM; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATTLE; FEMALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRESSURE; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 20344387265     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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