Use of a low-volume uterine flush for diagnosing endometritis in chronically infertile mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-412

  LeBlanc, Michelle M ^a   Magsig, Joshua ^a   Stromberg, Arnold J ^b  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endometritis; Mare; Microbiology; Uterine cytology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEUTROPHILS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 34347342659     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.04.038     Document Type: Article

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