Prevalence of clinical and subclinical mastitis and quality of milk on smallholder dairy farms in Tanzania

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Mdegela, R H ^a   Ryoba, R ^a   Karimuribo, E D ^a   Phiri, E J ^a   Loken T ^b   Reksen, O ^b   Mtengeti, E ^a   Urio, N A ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial residues; Bacteria; CMT; Fungi; Intramammary infection; Smallholder dairy farms; Udder health

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRUG RESIDUE;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUTTER; COW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HERD; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MILK; MILK HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; FUNGI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; DRUG RESIDUES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYGIENE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TANZANIA;

EID: 77649208543     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v80i3.195     Document Type: Article

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