A comparison of indirect methods for diagnosis of subclinical intramammary infection in lactating dairy cows: Part 2: The discriminative ability of eight parameters in foremilk from individual quarters and cows

Australian Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 72-78

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

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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