The effect of progestagen on the changes of the vaginal flora arising from intravaginal sponge treatment and susceptibility of the vaginal flora to antibiotics in ewes

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1418-1421

  Yesilmen, Simten ^a   Ozyurtlu, Nihat ^a   Kucukaslan, Ibrahim ^a   Altan, Feray ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ewes; Intravaginal sponge; Progestagen; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349085647     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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