Fighting uterine diseases with microparticles

17-11-2016 | |
Photo: Peter Roek
Photo: Peter Roek
A new biological treatment could prevent dairy cattle from getting uterine diseases, researchers from the University of Florida found. Uterine illnesses make cows infertile and reduce milk production. At the University’s Institute of Agricultural and Food Sciences (IFAS), researchers took their experiments from lab to Alliance Dairy, a commercial farm in Gilchrist County. The researchers infused chitosan microparticles – an antimicrobial material made of dissolved shrimp shells – into dis


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