Mucus and the mare: How little we know

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 386-394

  Causey, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cilia; Horse; Infertility; Mucus; Uterine defense mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; CHARCOAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; UTERINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34347323915     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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