Endometrial cytology, biopsy, and bacteriology for the diagnosis of subclinical endometritis in grazing dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-201

  Madoz, L V ^a,b   Giuliodori, M J ^c   Migliorisi, A L ^a   Jaureguiberry, M ^a   De la Sota, R L ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Dairy cow; Subclinical endometritis; Uterine biopsy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMAL; BIOPSY; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 84890788436     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-6836     Document Type: Article

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