Relationships between somatic cell count and intramammary infection in buffaloes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 998-1003

  Moroni, P ^a   Rossi, C Sgoifo ^a   Pisoni, G ^a   Bronzo, V ^a   Castiglioni, B ^b   Boettcher, P J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Intramammary infection; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BUFFALO; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BUFFALOES; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33744986309     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72165-8     Document Type: Article

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