Mechanisms of infertility associated with clinical and subclinical endometritis in high producing dairy cattle

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Sheldon, Im ^a   Price, Sb ^b   Cronin, J ^a   Gilbert, Ro ^c   Gadsby, Je ^b,d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROGESTERONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANOVULATION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUTEAL PHASE; PROGESTERONE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68349160361     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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