Relationship between somatic cell count status and subsequent clinical mastitis in Dutch dairy cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Van den Borne, B H P ^a   Vernooij, J C M ^a   Lupindu, A M ^b   van Schaik, G ^c   Frankena, K ^b   Lam, T J G M ^c,d   Nielen, M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Udder Health Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical mastitis; Somatic cell count; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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EID: 81055156963     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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