Interlaboratory proficiency testing as a tool for improving performance in laboratories diagnosing bovine mastitis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 553-559

  Pitkala A ^a,b   Gindonis, V ^a   Wallin, H ^b   Honkanen Buzalski, T ^a  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b National Food Agency Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

Interlaboratory comparison; Mastitis; Proficiency testing; Veterinary laboratory

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LABORATORIES; MASTITIS, BOVINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 15044356474     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72717-X     Document Type: Article

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