Observations on the prevalence of caprine mastitis in relation to predisposing factors in Maiduguri

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Ameh, J A ^a   Tari, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Caprine mastitis; Nigeria; Predisposing factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCCUS; STAPHYLOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0343503012     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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