Surveillance of Mycoplasma agalactiae and Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri in dairy goat herds

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-93

  Amores, Joaquín ^a   Sánchez, Antonio ^a   Gómez Martín, Ángel ^a   Corrales, Juan C ^a   Contreras, Antonio ^a   De la Fe, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contagious agalactia; Goats; Milk samples; Mycoplasma agalactiae; Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. CAPRI; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 84856371541     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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