Administration of antibiotics to ewes at the beginning of the dry-period

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-15

  Petridis, Ioannis G ^a   Fthenakis, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dry period; Intramammary treatment; Mammary involution; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84896499222     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029913000472     Document Type: Review

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