Immune responses during the peripartum period in dairy cows with postpartum endometritis

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 757-764

  Kim, Ill Hwa ^a   Na, Ki Jeong ^a   Yang, Mhan Pyo ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Endometritis; Leukocytes; Phagocytic capacity; TNF

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 30744474483     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.17036     Document Type: Article

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