Trends in therapeutic and prevention strategies for management of Bovine Mastitis: An overview

Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Tiwari, Jully Gogoi ^a   Babra, Charlene ^a   Tiwari, Harish Kumar ^b   Williams, Vincent ^a   De Wet, Sharon ^c   Gibson, Justine ^d   Paxman, Adrian ^a   Morgan, Eleanor ^a   Costantino, Paul ^a   Sunagar, Raju ^e   Isloor, Shrikrishna ^f   Mukkur, Trilochan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Base Victualling Yard   (India)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e Ella Foundation   (India)

^f VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bovine mastitis; Immunological; Non immunological; Prevention; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879925028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21577560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7560.1000176     Document Type: Review

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