Uterine response to multiple inoculations with Arcanobacterium pyogenes and Escherichia coli in nulliparous ewes

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 249-261

  Wulster Radcliffe, Meghan C ^a   Seals, Richard C ^b   Lewis, Gregory S ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Active immunity; Sheep; Uterine infection

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; INOCULATION; LAMB; METRITIS; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PYOGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 27544485224     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2005.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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