A comparison of indirect methods for diagnosis of subclinical mastitis in lactating dairy cows

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-109

  Špakauskas, Vytautas ^a   Klimiene, Irena ^a   Matusevičius, Algimantas ^a  

^a Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Mastitis; Mastitis test; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33646816036     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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