Bacterial complications of postpartum uterine involution in cattle

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 265-281

  Foldi J ^a,b   Kulcsar M ^a   Pecsi A ^a,c   Huyghe, B ^b   de Sa, C ^b   Lohuis, J A C M ^b   Cox, P ^b   Huszenicza, Gy ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Intervet Pharma R and D   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Clinical endometritis; Postpartum cow; Puerperal metritis; Pyometra; Subclinical endometritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33750039377     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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