Sensitivity and specificity of the California Mastitis Test as a diagnostic tool for subclinical mastitis in quarter somatic cell count estimation;Sensibilidade e especificidade do "California Mastitis Test" como recurso diagnóstico da mastite subclínica em relação à contagem de células somáticas

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Brito, José Renaldi Feitosa ^a,b   Caldeira, George Afonso Vitor ^c   Verneque, Rui Da Silva ^a,b   E Brito, Maria Aparecida Vasconcelos Paiva ^a,b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Bolsista do CNPq   (Brazil)

^c Perdigão Agroindustrial   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Mammary gland; Milk; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031510264     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x1997000200002     Document Type: Article

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