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Field measurements of the “spinability” of bovine cervical mucus

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Burnett, J. | Glover, F.A. | Scott Blair, G.W.

Affiliations: National Institute for Research in Dairying, Reading University, U.K.

Abstract: An apparatus is described which can be used on the farm and which measures the length of thread (l) which can be drawn from samples of bovine cervical mucus. The use of special forceps has, for the first time, made it possible to stretch the mucus without slipping at the grips. All the cows examined showed significantly higher values of l at and near the time of oestrus than at other times in the cycle (dioestrus).

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1967-4202

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 41-45, 1967

Received 5 March 1966
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Published: 1 April 1967
Price: EUR 27.50
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