Prevalence of urovagina and its effects on reproductive performance in Holstein cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1451-1461

  Gautam, G ^a   Nakao, T ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Holstein cows; Reproductive performance; Survival analysis; Urovagina; Vaginoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLADDER DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; URINE; VAGINA DISEASE; VULVA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINE; VAGINAL DISEASES; VULVA;

EID: 67349233022     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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