Mastitis diagnostics and performance monitoring: A practical approach

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 34-39

  Lam, Theo J G M ^a,b   Olde Riekerink, R G M ^b   Sampimon, O C ^b   Smith, H ^c  

^a Dutch Udder Health Centre   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bacteriological culturing (BC); diagnosis; mastitis control; monitoring; somatic cell count (SCC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871937010     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: 20460481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-62-S4-S34     Document Type: Article

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