Abstract:Impairment of puerperal fertility may be a severe problem in some dairy herds. Within the last years, several diagnostic possibilities weredevelopedandvalidated.Theaimofthisstudy wastoevalu-atetheapplicabilityofbloodserumparameterssubstanceP(SP)and vasoactiveintestinalpolypeptide(VIP)fortheiruseinearlydiagnostics of uterine involution disturbances. Blood serum samples of 86 dairycowstakenwithinthefirst20dayspost-partumwereexamined using commercially available ELISA test kits. Animals were divided into two grou… Show more
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