Mediation analysis to estimate direct and indirect milk losses due to clinical mastitis in dairy cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 449-456

  Detilleux, J ^a   Kastelic, J P ^b   Barkema, H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical mastitis; Mediation analysis; Milk yield; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84923038128     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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