Relationship between teat-end condition, udder cleanliness and bovine subclinical mastitis

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 430-434

  de Pinho Manzi, Marcela ^a   Nóbrega, Diego Borin ^a   Faccioli, Patrícia Yoshida ^a   Troncarelli, Marcella Zampolli ^a   Menozzi, Benedito Donizete ^a   Langoni, Hélio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bovine mastitis; Teat end condition; Udder cleanliness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINE MASTITIS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM BOVIS; DAIRYING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; MILK; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; TEAT END CONDITION; UDDER; UDDER CLEANLINESS;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; NIPPLES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 84861481120     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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