Reduced milk production in udder quarters with subclinical mastitis and associated economic losses in crossbred dairy cows in Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 503-512

  Mungube, E O ^a   Tenhagen, B A ^b   Regassa, F ^c   Kyule, M N ^b   Shiferaw, Y ^d   Kassa, T ^c   Baumann, M P O ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

California Mastitis Test; Economics; Ethiopia; Milk production; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SECRETION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27744604869     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-005-7049-y     Document Type: Article

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