Subclinical mastitis changes the patterns of maternal-offspring behaviour in dairy sheep

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-384

  Gougoulis, D A ^a   Kyriazakis, I ^a   Papaioannou, N ^b   Papadopoulos, E ^b   Taitzoglou, I A ^b   Fthenakis, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Sheep; Staphylococcus simulans; Subclinical mastitis; Sucking behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INOCULATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; MILK YIELD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUCKING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MASTITIS; MILK; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

EID: 42949160621     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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