A longitudinal study of milk somatic cell counts and bacterial culture from cows on smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District, Kenya

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-89

  Omore, A O ^a   McDermott, J J ^a,b   Arimi, S M ^a   Kyule, M N ^a   Ouma, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Veterinary Research Laboratory   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dairy; Kenya; Mastitis; Smallholder; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002141625     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01054-9     Document Type: Article

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