| interpretation of california mastitis test scores using staphylococcus aureus culture results for screening of subclinical mastitis in low yielding smallholder dairy cows in the dar es salaam region of tanzania. | screening of subclinical mastitis under field conditions is done using the california mastitis test (cmt). cmt score of > or = 1 corresponding to > or = 500,000 somatic cells ml(-1) is commonly used as threshold of subclinical mastitis in temperate countries. however, given the innately high physiological level of somatic cells in low yielding dairy cows, this threshold may not apply to low yielding dairy cows. the current study was undertaken to investigate the clinical utility of cmt for scree ... | 2007 | 17137660 |