Endometritis impairs luteal development, function, and nitric oxide and ascorbic acid concentrations in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 805-810

  Pande, Megha ^a   Das, Goutam Kumar ^a   Khan, Firdous Ahmad ^a,b   Sarkar, Mihir ^a   Pathak, Mohan Chandra ^a   Prasad, Jai Kishan ^a   Kumar, Harendra ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Buffalo; Corpus luteum; Endometritis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 84874110452     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0292-0     Document Type: Article

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