Relationships between California mastitis test (CMT) and somatic cell counts in dairy goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 167-170

  Perrin, G G ^a   Mallereau, M P ^a   Lenfant, D ^a   Baudry, C ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

CMT; Goat; Mastitis diagnosis; SCC

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0009844064     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(96)00990-x     Document Type: Article

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