Teat lesions and their relationship to intramammary infections on small-scale dairy farms in Kiambu district in Kenya

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 156-157

  Mulei, C M ^a  

^a University of Nairobi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Intramammary infections; Kenya; Kiambu district; Teat lesions

Indexed keywords

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; KENYA; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; KENYA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033289378     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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