Effects on goat milk quality of the presence of mycoplasma spp. in herds without symptoms of contagious agalactia

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-23

  De La Fe, Christian ^a   Sánchez, Antonio ^a   Gutierrez, Aldo ^b   Contreras, Antonio ^a   Carlos Corrales, Juan ^a   Assuna̧ao, Patricia ^c   Poveda, Carlos ^c   Poveda, José B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Carretera de Tahche A San Bartolom ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk quality; Endemic area; Mycoplasma spp.

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES LC; MYCOPLASMATALES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MILK; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SPAIN;

EID: 61849164011     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002202990800366X     Document Type: Article

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