Treatment of acute puerperal metritis with flunixin meglumine in addition to antibiotic treatment

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3758-3763

  Drillich, M ^a   Voigt, D ^a   Forderung, D ^a   Heuwieser, W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute puerperal metritis; Fibrinogen; Flunixin meglumine; Haptoglobin

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748963523     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0052     Document Type: Article

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