The Diurnal Variation of Urea in Cow’s Milk and how Milk Fat Content, Storage and Preservation Affects Analysis by a Flow Injection Technique

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 66-77

  Carlsson, J ^a   Bergstrom J ^a  

^a Experimental Station ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

dairy cows; FIA technique; milk components; milk profile test; milk urea

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRONOPOL; LIPID; PRESERVATIVE; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; LACTATION; MILK; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RABBITS; UREA;

EID: 0028190168     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548356     Document Type: Article

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