Pyometra in bitches induces elevated plasma endotoxin and prostaglandin F2α metabolite levels

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-67

  Hagman, R ^a   Kindahl, H ^a   Lagerstedt, A S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dogs; Endometritis; Endotoxins; Limulus amoebocyte assay; Lipopolysaccharide; Prostaglandins; Uterine infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENDOTOXIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DINOPROST; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LIMULUS; LIMULUS AMOEBOCYTE;

EID: 33646579579     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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