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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"metricheck"”.
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Holstein heifer behaviors and lactating cow nutritional management for improved reproductive performance on dairy farms
… calving for the presence of secretion using the Metricheck® device. Contents were scored at 0, 1, 2, or 3 and smell was scored at 0 or 3. On 15, 30, and 72 d after calving, the uterine endometrium of all cows was sampled using a cytological brush and streaked onto slides. Each slide was counted …
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The effects of feeding a negative dietary cation-anion difference diet at two dietary calcium inclusion rates to close up dry cows on the subsequent lactation uterine health and fertility
… was at 4, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, and 30 DIM via Metricheck (MC; 0-3 scale: 0 = clear mucus; 1 = mucus containing non-purulent material; 2 = mucus containing ≤ 50% purulent material; 3 = mucus containing > 50 % purulent material). Polymorponuclear (PMN) cell concentration in the uterus was …
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Inflamatory status and leukocyte function during the peripartum period and subsequent effects on reproduction and lactational performance in dairy cattle
… 2016 DIM sampling using a commercially available Metricheck device. To determine the effects of parity on neutrophil function, cows were classified as primiparous (lactation = 1) or multiparous (lactation = 2 and greater). Cows were also classified based on presence or absence of clinical mastitis …