| preliminary studies on the prevalence of mycoplasma bovis mastitis in dairy in cattle in australia. | a highly sensitive and specific pcr (mb-pcr) was used in preliminary studies to detect m. bovis in milk samples to investigate its association with high somatic cell count (scc), an indicator of subclinical mastitis and one of the factors in down grading the quality of milk. a total of 186 and 167 herds were tested with 43% and 62% of herds positive for m. bovis in victoria and north queensland, respectively. the quarter milks from 52 cows with persistently high scc were tested by mb-pcr and cul ... | 1999 | 10189193 |