Using dairy herd improvement records and clinical mastitis history to identify subclinical mastitis infections at dry-off

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-247

  Torres, Audrey H ^a,c   Rajala Schultz, Päivi J ^a   DeGraves, Fred J ^a   Hoblet, Kent H ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Dry off; Intramammary infection; Mastitis; Selective dry cow therapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43449111775     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029908003257     Document Type: Article

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