A non-surgical uterine lavage technique in large cats intended for treatment of uterine infection-induced infertility

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1783-1786

  Hildebrandt, T B ^a   Goritz F ^a   Boardman, W ^b   Strike, T ^b   Strauss, G ^c   Jewgenow, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Tierpark Berlin Friedrichsfelde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical dilatation; Felid; Infertility; Pyometra; Uterine treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTHERA; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; IRRIGATION; PANTHERA; UTERINE DISEASES;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA PARDUS ORIENTALIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS SUMATRAE;

EID: 33748551992     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.02.018     Document Type: Article

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