The effect of repeated episodes of bacteria-specific clinical mastitis on mortality and culling in Holstein dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4993-5007

  Cha, E ^a   Hertl, J A ^a   Schukken, Y H ^a   Tauer, L W ^b   Welcome, F L ^c   Grohn Y T ^a  

^a Center for the Human Animal Bond   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria specific; Culling; Mastitis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIA SPECIFIC; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CULLING; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MASTITIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA SPECIFIC; CULLING; MASTITIS; MORTALITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

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

EID: 84880603162     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6232     Document Type: Article

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