A critical evaluation of diagnostic methods used to identify dairy cows with acute post-partum metritis in the current literature

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436-444

  Sannmann, Ines ^a   Arlt, Sebastian ^a   Heuwieser, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute puerperal metritis; dairy cow; diagnosis; literature

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ENDOMETRITIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84867811428     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029912000519     Document Type: Article

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