Evaluation of the sensitivity of bulk tank milk cultures for the isolation of contagious bovine mastitis pathogens;Avaliação da sensibilidade da cultura de leite do tanque para isolamento de agentes contagiosos da mastite bovina

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-44

  Brito, Maria Aparecida V P ^a   Brito, José Renaldi F ^a   De Souza, Heloiza Maria ^b   Vargas, Otacílio Lopes ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Ctro de Pesquisa e Ensino Instituto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bovine mastitis; Bulk tank cultures; Contagious pathogens; Microbiological diagnosis; Somatic cell counts; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0032383419     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x1998000100007     Document Type: Review

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