Effect of precalving intramammary treatment with pirlimycin in nulliparous Holstein heifers

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-291

  Roy, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Du Tremblay, Denis ^a   DesCôteaux, Luc ^a,b   Messier, Serge ^a,b   Scholl, Daniel ^a,b   Bouchard, Émile ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIRLIMYCIN; PIRSUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MILK LEVEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEIFER; KLEBSIELLA; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MILK PRODUCTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRENATAL CARE; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CLINDAMYCIN; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35248897693     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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