Effect of adjunctive treatment with intravenously administered Propionibacterium acnes on reproductive performance in mares with persistent endometritis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-113

  Rohrbach, Barton W ^a   Sheerin, Peter C ^b   Cantrell, Charles K ^c   Matthews, Phillip M ^d   Steiner, John V ^e   Dodds, Lewis E ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Ocala Equine Hospital   (United States)

^d Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital   (United States)

^e HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Neogen Corporation   (United States)

^g UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBIOTICS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; P ACNES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 34347346077     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.1.107     Document Type: Article

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