Experimentally induced teat stenosis in dairy ewes: Clinical, pathological and ultrasonographic features

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-74

  Mavrogianni, V S ^a   Fthenakis, G C ^a   Burriel, A R ^a   Gouletsou, P ^a   Papaioannou, N ^b   Taitzoglou, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Mastitis; Sheep; Staphylococcus chromogenes; Teat stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FIBROSIS; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MASTITIS; MILK; MUCOSA; NIPPLE STENOSIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; STENOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES;

EID: 0442310600     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(03)00070-7     Document Type: Article

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