Prevalence of endometritis during the postpartum period and its impact on subsequent reproductive performance in two Japanese dairy herds

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 175-187

  Gautam, Gokarna ^a   Nakao, Toshihiko ^a   Yusuf, Muhammad ^a   Koike, Kana ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Endometritis; Fertility; Postpartum; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; JAPAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; EFFICIENCY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; JAPAN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCTION;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 70350003884     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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