Ultrasonography of the Bovine Udder and Teat

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-685

  Franz, Sonja ^a   Floek, Martina ^a   Hofmann Parisot, Margarete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cattle; Diagnosis; Teat; Teat stenosis; Udder; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 72049090406     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2009.07.007     Document Type: Review

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