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A Gold Sol Test for Bovine Mastitis

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ERADICATION of bovine mastitis is one of the major problems confronting dairy research, and the solution of the problem depends to a large extent on trustworthy methods for detecting udder infections, particularly of the sub-clinical type. Many tests have been proposed, but none appears to compare in reliability with the method of isolating the causative micro-organisms by plating on selected media.

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  1. J. Dairy Res., 9, 47, 174 (1938)

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ASCHAFFENBURG, R. A Gold Sol Test for Bovine Mastitis. Nature 143, 523–524 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143523b0

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