Relationships between uterine culture, cytology and pregnancy rates in a Thoroughbred practice

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-402

  Riddle, W T ^a   LeBlanc, M M ^a   Stromberg, A J ^b  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Inflammation; Mare; Pregnancy rate; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; UTERUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 34347366154     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.05.050     Document Type: Article

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