Effects of administration of vitamin E on mammary health and milk cell counts of first parturition goats experimentally challenged with Staphylococcus aureus;Efeitos da administração de vitamina E na infecçã o mamária e na contagem de células somáticas de cabras primíparas desafiadas experimentalmente com Staphylococcus aureus

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Paes, P R O ^a   Lopes, S T A ^b   Lopes, R S ^a   Kohayagawa, A ^a   Takahira, R K ^a   Langoni, H ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Goat; Mastitis; Somatic cell count; Staphylococcus aureus; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CELL COUNT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; PUERPERIUM; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 4344646409     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352003000100003     Document Type: Article

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