Bacterial cure and somatic cell count response of dairy cows with a positive California mastitistest at calving to therapy with cephapirin sodium

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Herron, Rebecca ^a   Love, Brenda ^a   Patterson, Deborah ^a   Rosenberg, Jon ^a  

^a ZOETIS   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS;

EID: 79251478779     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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