Bulk tank milk somatic cell count and sources of raw milk contamination with mastitis pathogens

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 223-230

  Rysanek, Dusan ^a   Babak, V ^a   Zouharova, M ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk samples; Escherichia coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Somatic cell count (SCC); Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus uberis

Indexed keywords

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 34249737545     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/1878-vetmed     Document Type: Article

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