Reproductive emergencies in camelids

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-534

  Tibary, A ^a   Rodriguez, J ^a   Sandoval, S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camelid; Emergency; Infertility; Neonatology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CAMEL; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CAMELS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FORMULARIES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE;

EID: 45649085554     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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