Intravaginal administration of lactic acid bacteria modulated the incidence of purulent vaginal discharges, plasma haptoglobin concentrations, and milk production in dairy cows

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 365-370

  Ametaj, B N ^a   Iqbal, S ^a   Selami, F ^a   Odhiambo, J F ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Ganzle M G ^a   Dunn, S M ^a   Zebeli, Q ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Haptoglobin; Lactic acid bacteria; Metritis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIMIPARA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION (PROCESS); VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HAPTOGLOBINS; LACTOBACILLUS; MILK; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 84896495398     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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