Incidence and Causes of Sub-Clinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows on Smallholder and Large Scale Farms in Tropical Areas of Tanzania

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 372-377

  Shem, M N ^a,b   Malole, J M L ^a   Machangu, R ^a,c   Kurwijila, L R ^a   Fujihara, T ^a,b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sokoine University   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Bacterial isolates; Dairy cows; Management

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035580754     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.372     Document Type: Article

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