Monitoring major mastitis pathogens at the population level based on examination of bulk tank milk samples

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-123

  Rysanek, Dusan ^a   Zouharova, Monika ^a   Babak, Vladimir ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk sample; Mammary pathogen count; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK;

EID: 61849132885     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029908003816     Document Type: Article

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