Milk quality and antimicrobial resistance against mastitis pathogens after changing from a conventional to an experimentally organic dairy farm

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 659-664

  Suriyasathaporn, Witaya ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant; Cattle; Mastitis pathogens; Organic dairy farm

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955162229     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2010.90345     Document Type: Article

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