Drivers of post-partum uterine disease in dairy cattle

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 53-58

  Williams, Ej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 84882692251     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rda.12205     Document Type: Article

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