Correlations between periparturient serum concentrations of non-esterified fatty acids, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, bilirubin, and urea and the occurrence of clinical and subclinical postpartum bovine endometritis

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kaufmann, Toschi B ^a   Drillich, Marc ^b   Tenhagen, Bernd Alois ^c   Heuwieser, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Vetmeduni Vienna   (Austria)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; FRIESIA;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; FATTY ACID; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENDOMETRITIS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; UREA;

EID: 77958468483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-47     Document Type: Article

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