Comparison of California Mastitis Test (CMT), Somatic Cell Counts (SCC) and bacteriological examinations for detection of camel (Camelus dromedarius) mastitis in Ethiopia

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Atif, E Abdel Gadir ^a   Hildebrandt, Goetz ^b   Kleer, Josef N ^b   Molla, Bayleyegn ^c   Kyule, Moses N ^b   Baumann, Maximilian P O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bacteriological examinations; Camel mastitis; CMT; Ethiopia; SCC

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAMELS; CELL COUNT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MASTITIS; MILK;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 30844447922     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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