Short communication: Repeatability of differential goat bulk milk culture and associations with somatic cell count, total bacterial count, and standard plate count

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2569-2573

  Koop, G ^a   Dik, N ^b   Nielen, M ^a   Lipman, L J A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial culture; Bulk milk; Dairy goat; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DAIRYING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GOAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DAIRYING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GOATS; MILK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952963472     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2705     Document Type: Article

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