Relationship between total bacteria counts and somatic cell counts from mammary quarters infected by mastitis pathogens Relação entre contagem total de bactérias e contagem de células somáticas de quartos mamários infectados por patógenos da mastite

This study was conducted to establish the relationship between somatic cell count (SCC) and bacterial shedding from mammary quarters according to mastitis pathogens. Milk samples from 638 mammary quarters were examined for mastitis pathogens, SCC and total bacterial count (TBC). The raw data of SCC...

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Main Authors: João Emídio Ferreira Lopes Júnior, Carla Cristine Lange, Maria Aparecida Vasconcelos Paiva Brito, Fabiana Ribeiro Santos, Marco Aurélio Souto Silva, Luciano Castro Dutra de Moraes, Guilherme Nunes de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2012-04-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782012000400019