Udder health and milk quality among camels in the Errer valley of eastern Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Abdurahman, O A Sh ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Board of Agriculture   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Camels; Horn of Africa; Mastitis; Milk hygiene; Udder health

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33748581605     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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