Importance of using guarded techniques for the preparation of endometrial cytology smears in mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-430

  Aguilar, Javier ^a,b   Hanks, Matt ^a   Shaw, Darren J ^a   Else, Rod ^a   Watson, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Endometrial cytology; Guarded swab; Neutrophils; Vaginal mucosa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEUTROPHILS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745501990     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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