Short communication: Evaluation of confirmatory stains used for direct microscopic somatic cell counting of sheep milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1908-1912

  Petersson, K H ^a   Connor, L A ^a   Petersson Wolfe, C S ^b   Rego, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct microscopic somatic cell count; Levowitz Weber stain; Pyronin Y methyl green stain; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

METHYL GREEN; METHYLENE BLUE; PYRONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MILK; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FECES; FEMALE; METHYL GREEN; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY; MILK; PYRONINE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79952756390     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3574     Document Type: Article

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