Relationship among specific bacterial counts and total bacterial and somatic cell counts and factors influencing their variation in ovine bulk tank milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1021-1029

  De Garnica, M L ^a   Linage, B ^a   Carriedo, J A ^a   De La Fuente, L F ^a   Garcia Jimeno M C ^b   Santos, J A ^a   Gonzalo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Consorcio de Promoción del Ovino ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk; Dairy sheep; Milk organisms; Milk quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; SEASON; SHEEP; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; MILK; SEASONS; SHEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84872686104     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5915     Document Type: Article

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