The role of diagnostic microbiology in mastitis control programs

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-202

  Britten, Allan M ^a  

^a Udder Health Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnostics; Laboratory; Mastitis; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84861785949     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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