Incidence of Clinical Mastitis in Dairy Herds Grouped in Three Categories by Bulk Milk Somatic Cell Counts

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 411-419

  Barkema, H W ^a   Schukken, Y H ^b   Lam, T J G M ^b   Beiboer, M L ^c   Wilmink, H ^d   Benedictus, G ^a   Brand, A ^b  

^a Animal Health Service Drachten   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Veterinary Clinic Ureterp   (Netherlands)

^d Royal Dutch Cattle Syndicate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulk milk; Clinical mastitis; Culling; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0031989805     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75591-2     Document Type: Article

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