Use of clinical information to predict the characteristics of bacteria isolated from clinical cases of bovine mastitis

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 615-617

  Milne, M H ^a   Biggs, A M ^b   Fitzpatrick, J L ^a   Innocent, G T ^c   Barrett, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b The Vale Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASTITIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UDDER;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038446591     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.20.615     Document Type: Article

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