Prevalence of pathogens causing subclinical mastitis in 15 dairy herds in the Republic of Ireland

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 333-337

  Barrett, Damien J ^a   Healy, Anne M ^a   Leonard, Finola C ^a   Doherty, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cows; Pathogens; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL COUNT; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HERD; HOUSING; HYGIENE; IRELAND; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

BOS TAURUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 20444454663     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-58-6-333     Document Type: Review

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