Incidence of Subclinical Mastitis and Prevalence of Major Mastitis Pathogens in Organized Farms and Unorganized Sectors

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-320

  Hegde, Raveendra ^a,d   Isloor, Shrikrishna ^a   Prabhu, K Nithin ^a   Shome, B R ^b   Rathnamma, D ^a   Suryanarayana, V V S ^c   Yatiraj, S ^a   Prasad, C Renuka ^d   Krishnaveni, N ^a   Sundareshan, S ^a   Akhila, D S ^a   Gomes, A R ^d   Hegde, Nagendra R ^e  

^a VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b ICAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISEASE INFORMATICS   (India)

^c INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals   (India)

^e Ella Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Major bacterial pathogens causing mastitis; Somatic cell count; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84879263273     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-012-0336-1     Document Type: Article

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