An evaluation of a hand-held electrical resistance meter for the diagnosis of bovine subclinical mastitis in late lactation under Australian conditions

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 608-611

  Seguya, A G ^a,b   Mansell, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Dept of Anim Health and Production ^*  (Botswana)

Author keywords

Bovine; Electrical conductivity; Electrical resistance; Mastitis; Subclinical

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; IMPEDANCE; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034265380     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11931.x     Document Type: Article

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