Bacteriology and somatic cell counts in milk samples from ewes on a Scottish farm

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 188-192

  Hariharan, Harry ^a   Donachie, Willie ^b   Macaldowie, Colin ^b   Keefe, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MASTITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; UDDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; MASTITIS; MILK; SCOTLAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MANNHEIMIA; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 4444235013     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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