Journal of dairy scienceAnimalsFemaleNew ZealandMastitisSheep
Subclinical mastitis in New Zealand grazing dairy ewes 1: Prevalence and risk factors.
Greg Chambers, Kevin Lawrence, Alex Grinberg, Niluka Velathanthiri, Anne Ridler, Richard Laven
Published: 202610.3168/jds.2025-27075
Abstract
Our objectives were to describe subclinical mastitis and identify its risk factors among grazing dairy ewes in New Zealand. Gland-level milk samples were collected from ∼15 randomly selected ewes on each of 20 dairy sheep farms at early, mid, and lat…
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