Recovery of bacteria from goats’ milk following freezing and the prevalence of bacterial infection in milk from goats with an elevated somatic cell count

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-29

  McDougall, S ^a  

^a Animal Health Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Freezing; Goat; Mastitis; Milk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034134813     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2000.36154     Document Type: Article

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