Diagnostic value of the California mastitis test in comparison to electronically-counted somatic cells in bovine milk

Mastitis in Dairy Production: Current Knowledge and Future Solutions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 487-494

  Redetzky, R ^a   Hamann, J ^a   Grabowski, N T ^a   Klein, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

California mastitis test (CMT); Cow side test; Cut off level; Intramammary infections (IMI); Somatic cell count (SCC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899251156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-550-5     Document Type: Chapter

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