Correlation between bovine milk somatic cell count and polymorphonuclear leukocyte level for samples of bulk milk and milk from individual cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 300-304

  Kelly, A L ^a   Tiernan, D ^b   O'Sullivan, C ^b   Joyce, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bovine milk; BTSCC = bulk tank SCC; PMN = polymorphonuclear leukocytes; Polymorphonuclear leucocytes; Somatic cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MILK; NEUTROPHIL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; NEUTROPHILS; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034132387     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74878-8     Document Type: Article

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