The effects of endometritis on the establishment of pregnancy in cattle

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 252-257

  Gilbert, Robert O ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

embryo; fertility; follicle; inflammation; oocyte

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ICOSANOID; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; COW; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRITIS; FERTILIZATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 83155160779     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11915     Document Type: Article

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