Fecal shedding of coliform bacteria during the periparturient period in dairy cows

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1636-1638

  Pelan Mattocks, Lisa S ^a   Kehrli Jr , Marcus E ^b,c   Casey, Thomas A ^b   Goff, Jesse P ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABOR; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FEMALE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034547795     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.1636     Document Type: Article

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