Short communication: Relationship between herd intramammary infection incidence and elimination rate during the dry period

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1672-1676

  Dufour, S ^a,b   Dohoo, I R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dry period; Elimination; Incidence; Intramammary infection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84874325478     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5899     Document Type: Article

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