Prevalence of contagious mastitis pathogens in bulk tank milk in Prince Edward Island

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-572

  Olde Riekerink, Richard G M ^a   Barkema, Herman W ^a   Veenstra, Stefan ^a   Poole, Doris E ^a   Dingwell, Randy T ^a   Keefe, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HERD; LABORATORY TEST; MASTITIS; MILK; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TANK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA ALKALESCENS; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33745943606     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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