Association between evaluation of the reproductive tract by various diagnostic tests and restoration of ovarian cyclicity in high-producing dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1153-1162

  Senosy, W S ^a,b   Uchiza, M ^c   Tameoka, N ^c   Izaike, Y ^a   Osawa, T ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c National Livestock Breeding Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial cytology; Ovarian cyclicity; Postpartum interval; Ultrasonography; Vaginal mucus

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AMENORRHEA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; TIME; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

AMENORRHEA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; EFFICIENCY; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NEUTROPHILS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 71749099554     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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