| prevalence of contagious mastitis pathogens in bulk tank milk in prince edward island. | the purpose of this study was to 1) estimate the herd prevalence of contagious mastitis pathogens in bulk milk from prince edward island (pei) dairy farms, 2) determine the association between bulk milk culture results and mean bulk milk somatic cell count (bmscc), and 3) investigate the agreement of repeated bulk milk cultures. three consecutive bulk milk samples were obtained at weekly intervals from all 258 pei dairy herds and were cultured using routine laboratory methods. cumulative prevale ... | 2006 | 16808229 |