A comparison of indirect methods for diagnosis of subclinical intramammary infection in lactating dairy cows: Part 1: The effects of bacterial infection, stage of lactation and age of cow on eight parameters in foremilk from individual quarters, with an initial study of differences between milk fractions

Australian Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 64-71

  Holdaway, R J ^a   Holmes, C W ^a   Steffert, I J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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