Effect of management practices on paratuberculosis prevalence in Danish dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1849-1857

  Nielsen, S S ^a   Toft, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control; ELISA; Paratuberculosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 79952765327     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3817     Document Type: Article

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