The selective treatment of clinical mastitis based on on-farm culture results: II. Effects on lactation performance, including clinical mastitis recurrence, somatic cell count, milk production, and cow survival

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4457-4467

  Lago, A ^a   Godden, S M ^a   Bey, R ^a   Ruegg, P L ^b   Leslie, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bi plate; Clinical mastitis; On farm culture; Selective treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAPIRIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CEPHAPIRIN; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; RECURRENCE;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80051751209     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4047     Document Type: Article

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