Pre-operative and operative difficulties during bovine caesarean section in Belgium and associated risk factors

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1020-1027

  Kolkman, I ^a,b   Opsomer, G ^a   Lips, D ^b   Lindenbergh, B ^a   De Kruif, A ^a   De Vliegher, S ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ODISEE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, VETERINARY; VETERINARIANS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 78649537550     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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