Manageable risk factors associated with bacterial and coliform counts in unpasteurized bulk milk in Flemish dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3409-3419

  Piepers, S ^a   Zrimsek P ^b   Passchyn, P ^a,c   De Vliegher, S ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Milk at vice   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterial count; Bulk milk; Coliform count; Dairy herd; Management practice

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BELGIUM; BOVINE; DAIRYING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASTEURIZATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRYING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASTEURIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901064606     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7203     Document Type: Article

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