Prevalence and etiology of subclinical mastitis among buffaloes (Bubalus bubalus) in Namakkal, India

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 1776-1780

  Srinivasan, P ^a   Jagadeswaran, D ^a   Manoharan, R ^a   Giri, T ^a   Balasubramaniam, G A ^a   Balachandran, P ^a  

^a VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; California mastitis test; Somatic cell count bacteriological examination; Subclinical mastitis; White side test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BUFFALO; FEMALE; INDIA; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BUFFALOES; FEMALE; INDIA; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS; MILK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877899896     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.1776.1780     Document Type: Article

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