Relationships between milk culture results and treatment for clinical mastitis or culling in Norwegian dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2928-2937

  Reksen, O ^a   Solverod L ^b   Branscum, A J ^c   Osteras O ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cow; Culling; Mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 33746906261     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72565-6     Document Type: Article

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