Milk yield and associated economic losses in quarters with subclinical mastitis due to Staphylococcus aureus in Ethiopian crossbred dairy cows

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 925-931

  Tesfaye, Gebreyohannes Y ^a   Regassa, Fekadu Gudeta ^b   Kelay, B ^b  

^a MOA Agricultural and Rural Development   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Milk loss; S. aureus; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BOS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952892101     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9509-2     Document Type: Article

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