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Short Communication

Assessment of subclinical mastitis diagnostic accuracy by differential cell count in individual cow milk

Alfonso ZecconiDipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, University of Milan, Milano, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Diego VairaniAssociazione Regionale Allevatori Lombardia, Crema, Italy
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Micaela CipollaDipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, University of Milan, Milano, Italy;
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Nicoletta RizziAssociazione Regionale Allevatori Lombardia, Crema, Italy
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Lucio ZaniniAssociazione Regionale Allevatori Lombardia, Crema, Italy
Pages 460-465 | Received 04 Jun 2018, Accepted 04 Oct 2018, Published online: 28 Dec 2018

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