Accuracy of the composite somatic cell count to detect intra-mammary infection in dairy cows using latent class analysis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 547-555

  Vissio, Claudina ^a   Dieser, Silvana Andrea ^a   Agnelli, Héctor Luis ^a   Odierno, Liliana Mónica ^a   Larriestra, Alejandro José ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Latent class models; Milk composite sample; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BAYES THEOREM; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATENT CLASS MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MILK COMPOSITE SAMPLE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIC CELL COUNT;

LATENT CLASS MODELS; MILK COMPOSITE SAMPLE; SOMATIC CELL COUNT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893963012     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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