Subclinical mastitis in dairy cows in Swiss organic and conventional production systems

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-92

  Roesch, Markus ^a,c   Doherr, Marcus G ^a   Schären, Walter ^b   Schällibaum, Melchior ^b   Blum, Jürg W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Animal Production and Dairy Products   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Organic farming; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

BOS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33846951840     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002202990600210X     Document Type: Article

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