Prevalence of subclinical udder infections and individual somatic cell counts in three dairy goat herds during a full lactation;Häufigkeiten subklinischer euterinfektionen und individuelle zellzahlen in drei ziegenherden im verlaufe einer gesamten laktation

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 641-648

  Schaeren, Walter ^a,b   Maurer, J ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^b Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Nutztiere und Milchwirtschaft   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

California Mastitis Test (CMT); Dairy goat; Somatic cell count; Subclinical mastitis; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33846180348     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.148.12.641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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