Effect of clinical contagious agalactia on the bulk tank milk somatic cell count in Murciano-Granadina goat herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3165-3171

  Corrales, J C ^a   Sanchez A ^a   Luengo, C ^a   Poveda, J B ^b   Contreras, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Bulk tank somatic cell count; Goat; Mastitis; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 6944241744     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73451-7     Document Type: Article

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