Prevalence of subclinical mastitis in dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of Kampala, Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-105

  Abrahmsén, Markus ^a   Persson, Ylva ^b   Kanyima, Benon Mbabazi ^c   Båge, Renée ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

East Africa; Holstein Friesian cows; Smallholder dairy farming; Udder health

Indexed keywords

BOS; FRIESIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UGANDA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYGIENE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UGANDA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84897970768     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-013-0455-7     Document Type: Article

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