Diagnostic tools to monitor udder health in dairy goats

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-44

  Koop, Gerrit ^a   Nielen, Mirjam ^a   van Werven, Tine ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteriological culture; Diagnostic test; Diagnostic tool; Goat; Intramammary infection; Mastitis; Sensitivity; Somatic cell count; Specificity; Udder health

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL COUNT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DAIRYING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIA; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84930485431     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2012.675634     Document Type: Review

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