Bacterial flora and risk of infection of the ovine teat duct and mammary gland throughout lactation

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 163-173

  Mavrogianni, V S ^a   Cripps, P J ^b   Fthenakis, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Mastitis; Predisposing factor; Sheep; Staphylococcus; Teat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SUCKLING; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33847356812     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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