The diagnosis and prevalence of subclinical endometritis in cows evaluated by different cytologic thresholds

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1939-1947

  Baranski W ^a   Podhalicz Dziegielewska, M ^a   Zdunczyk S ^a   Janowski, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Cytology; Dairy cows; Days open; Subclinical endometritis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS ACIDOMINIMUS;

EID: 84868149252     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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