Relationships between milk culture results and composite milk somatic cell counts in Norwegian dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3102-3113

  Reksen, O ^a   Solverod L ^b   Osteras O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cow; Mastitis; Somatic cell count; Subclinical

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 49749096810     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1006     Document Type: Article

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