Prevalence of endometritis and its effects on reproductive performance of dairy cows
Autor: | Hollis N. Erb, Robert O. Gilbert, Sang T. Shin, Charles L. Guard, Marcel Frajblat |
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Rok vydání: | 2005 |
Předmět: |
Infertility
medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Neutrophils Cytodiagnosis Uterus Cattle Diseases Food Animals Pregnancy medicine Animals Small Animals Survival analysis Gynecology Equine business.industry Reproduction Postpartum Period medicine.disease Pregnancy rate medicine.anatomical_structure Herd Cattle Female Animal Science and Zoology Endometritis business Infertility Female Postpartum period |
Zdroj: | Theriogenology. 64:1879-1888 |
ISSN: | 0093-691X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.04.022 |
Popis: | Hostein cows (n=141) in five commercial dairy herds in central New York were examined for endometritis by examination of endometrial aspirates for presence of inflammatory cells, principally neutrophils, by endometrial cytology at 40-60 days postpartum. The prevalence of cytologically-diagnosed endometritis was 53%; within herds the prevalence varied from 37 to 74% (P=0.02). There was excellent agreement between two examiners (Kappa=0.864; P |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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