Bacteriological etiology and treatment of mastitis in Finnish dairy herds

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Vakkamäki, Johanna ^a   Taponen, Suvi ^a   Heikkilä, Anna Maija ^b   Pyörälä, Satu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Bovine mastitis; Culling; PCR; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CULLING; BOVINE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FINLAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL CULLING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FINLAND; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85019685685     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13028-017-0301-4     Document Type: Article

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