Mycoplasma Mastitis. Causes, Transmission, and Control.

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-237

  Fox, Lawrence K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Mastitis; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 84861788605     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2012.03.007     Document Type: Review

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