Selected diseases and conditions associated with bovine conceptus loss in the first trimester

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 461-473

  BonDurant, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovine; Early abortion; Embryonic death; Fetal death

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; TIME; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 34347395192     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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