Transrectal Doppler sonography of uterine blood flow during the first 12 weeks after parturition in healthy dairy cows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Krueger, Lars ^a   Koerte, Juliane ^a   Tsousis, Georgios ^a   Herzog, Kathrin ^a   Flachowsky, Gerhard ^b   Bollwein, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Doppler sonography; Uterine involution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATTLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATTLE; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS;

BOS; BOVINE FOAMY VIRUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 67249107056     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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