Indirect diagnostic tests for the detection of subclinical mastitis in dairy goats experimentally infected with Staphylococcus aureus

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to assess two diagnostic techniques (California mastitis test (CMT) and the somatic cell count (SCC)) that can diagnose mastitis in dairy goats. Experimental infection was conducted using 20 mammary glands, a strain of Staphylococcus aureus, an infectious...

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Main Authors: Rodolfo de Moraes Peixoto, Renata de Moraes Peixoto Araújo, Luciana Jatobá e Silva Peixoto, Ariel Marques Reges, Ana Paula Pereira Alves, José Wilton Pinheiro Júnior, Rinaldo Aparecido Mota, Sérgio Santos Azevedo, Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2016-07-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000701217&lng=en&tlng=en

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