Defining Postpartum Uterine Disease and the Mechanisms of Infection and Immunity in the Female Reproductive Tract in Cattle1

Martin Sheldon, I.; Cronin, J.; Goetze, Leopold; Donofrío, Gaetano; Schuberth, Hans‐Joachim

doi:10.1095/biolreprod.109.077370

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Defining Postpartum Uterine Disease and the Mechanisms of Infection and Immunity in the Female Reproductive Tract in Cattle1

Published in Biology of Reproduction • May 14, 2009

Authors:

I. Martin Sheldon

J. Cronin

Leopold Goetze

Abstract

Uterine microbial disease affects half of all dairy cattle after parturition, causing infertility by disrupting uterine and ovarian function. Infection with Escherichia coli, Arcanobacterium pyogenes, and bovine herpesvirus 4 causes endometrial tissue damage. Toll-like receptors on endometrial cells...

Subject

Biology

Endometritis

Endocrinology

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