Ultrasonographic assessment of change in abomasal position during the last three months of gestation and first three months of lactation in Holstein-Friesian cows

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1469-1475

  Wittek, Thomas ^a,b   Constable, Peter D ^a   Morin, Dawn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DAIRY CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OMENTUM; RUMINANT STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; ORGAN SIZE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27544477695     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.1469     Document Type: Article

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