Risk factors for bulk milk somatic cell counts and total bacterial counts in smallholder dairy farms in the 10th region of Chile

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Van Schaik, G ^a,c   Green, L E ^b   Guzman D ^a   Esparza, H ^a   Tadich, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial count; Chile; Risk factors; SCC; Smallholder dairy farms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

EID: 13444267674     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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