Endoscopic examination and tissue sampling of the bovine teat and udder cistern

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1516-1524

  Vangroenweghe, F ^a   Van Den Broeck, W ^a   De Ketelaere, A ^a   Van Bree, H ^a   Duchateau, L ^a   Burvenich, C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine mammary gland; Cistern; Endoscopy; Histology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 33745877296     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72219-6     Document Type: Article

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