Treatment of chronic endometritis in dairy cows with cephapirin, tiaprost or a combination of both;Behandlung chronischer endometritiden bei milchkühen mit cephapirin, tiaprost oder einer kombination aus beiden wirkstoffen

Tierarztliche Praxis Ausgabe G: Grosstiere - Nutztiere

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 404-410

  Drillich, M ^a   Wittke, Miriam ^b   Tenhagen, B A ^a   Unsicker, Catrin ^a   Heuwieser, W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Tiergesundheitsdienst Bayern eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cephapirin; Chronic endometritis; Clinical cure rate; Dairy cattle; Reproductive performance; Tiaprost

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 29944447866     PISSN: 14341220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1624087     Document Type: Article

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