Mastitis in the Lactating Mink Female (Mustela vison S.) and the Development of "Greasy Kits"

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-247

  Clausen, T N ^a   Dietz, H H ^b,c  

^a Danish Fur Breeders Research Centre   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Dept Poultry Fish Bear Animals ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greasy kits; Mastitis; Mink; Mustela vison S.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIDRADENITIS; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINK; NECK; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HIDRADENITIS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS; MINK; NECK;

EID: 0033654172     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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