Significance of nitric oxide concentration in plasma and uterine secretes with puerperal endometritis in dairy cows

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-321

  Li, De Jun ^a,b   Liu, Yun Feng ^b   Li, Yan Fei ^b   Lv, Ying ^b   Pei, Xiao Ying ^a   Guo, Ding Zong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood; Nitric oxide; Puerperal endometritis; Uterine secretion

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PRIMER DNA; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS FLUID; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UTERUS;

EID: 77955507115     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-010-9355-8     Document Type: Article

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