Comparison of results for commercially available microbiological media plates with results for standard bacteriologic testing of bovine milk

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1622-1630

  Wallace, Jodi A ^a   Bouchard, Émile ^b   DesCôteaux, Luc ^b   Messier, Serge ^b   DuTremblay, Denis ^b   Roy, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a Ormstown Veterinary Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BOVINE MASTITIS; CELL COUNT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUERPERIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIC CELL; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 82755198839     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.12.1622     Document Type: Article

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