Estimate of milk and curd yield loss of sheep and goats with intrammamary infection and its relation to somatic cell count

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 221-225

  Leitner, Gabriel ^a   Silanikove, Nissim ^b   Merin, Uzi ^b  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Curd yield; Goat; Milk yield; Sheep; Udder infection

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 36248972285     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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