Evaluation of the California Mastitis Test as a precalving treatment selection tool for Holstein heifers

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 136-142

  Roy, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Tremblay, Denis Du ^a   DesCôteaux, Luc ^a,b   Messier, Serge ^a,b   Scholl, Daniel ^a,b   Bouchard, Émile ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

California Mastitis Test; Conductivity; Heifers; Intramammary Infection; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALIFORNIA MASTITIS TEST; DAIRYING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HEIFER; HERD; LACTATION; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREGNANCY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58249124531     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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