Clinical, bacteriological, cytological and pathological features of teat disorders in ewes

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 219-223

  Mavrogianni, V S ^a   Fthenakis, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; INJURY; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; UDDER; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 34247371812     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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