Prevalence and etiology of subclinical mastitis in dairy ewes in two seasons in Semnan province, Iran

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1249-1254

  Narenji Sani, Reza ^a   Mahdavi, Ali ^a   Moezifar, Melika ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Etiology; Prevalence; Sheep; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BOVINE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MASTITIS; MILK; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84941417245     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-015-0855-y     Document Type: Article

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