Prevalence of clinical endometritis and its impact on reproductive performance in grazing dairy cattle in Argentina

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 520-526

  Plontzke J ^a   Madoz, L V ^b,c   De la Sota, R L ^b,c   Heuwieser, W ^a   Drillich, M ^a,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c CONICET Avda ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

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EID: 79955646912     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01700.x     Document Type: Article

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