Clinical and laboratory findings in cases of toxic mastitis in cows in Northern Ireland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 123-128

  Menzies, F D ^a   McBride, S H ^a   McDowell, S W J ^a   McCoy, M A ^a   McConnell, W ^a   Bell, C ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FRAMYCETIN;

ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COW; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; IRELAND; LABORATORY; MASTITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; TACHYPNEA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0034729899     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.5.123     Document Type: Article

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