Prevalence and etiology of subclinical mastitis in Awassi dairy ewes in southern Turkey;Türkiye'nin güneyindeki İvesi sürülerinde subklinik mastitisin prevalans ve etiyolojisi

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-483

  Ergün, Yaşar ^a   Aslantaş, Özkan ^a   Doǧruer, Gökhan ^a   Kireçci, Ekrem ^b   Saribay, Mustafa K ^a   Ateş, Cafer T ^a   Ülkü, Alev ^a   Demir, Cemil ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Awassi ewe; Etiology; Prevalence; Southern Turkey; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 77449127900     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: 13036181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/vet-0803-23     Document Type: Article

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