Evaluation of udder health and mastitis in llamas

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1457-1463

  Rowan, Lynnel L ^a,c   Morin, Dawn E ^a   Hurley, Walter L ^a   Shanks, Roger D ^a   Kakoma, Ibulaimu ^a   Hoffmann, Walter E ^a   Goetz, Thomas E ^a   Cullor, James S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PH; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASTITIS; MILK; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030587740     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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