Events occurring during the previous lactation, the dry period, and peripartum as risk factors for early lactation mastitis in cows receiving 2 different intramammary dry cow therapies

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7015-7026

  Pinedo, P J ^a   Fleming, C ^b   Risco, C A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceftiofur hydrochloride; Mastitis; Penicillin dihydrostreptomycin; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CEPHALOSPORINS; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PENICILLINS; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869498981     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5398     Document Type: Article

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