Effect of Extreme Walking Conditions for Dairy Cows on Milk Yield, Chemical Composition, and Somatic Cell Count

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 994-1003

  Coulon, J B ^a   Pradel, P ^a,b   Cochard, T ^a,c   Poutrel, B ^a,c  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b Experimental Farm   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Milk composition; Somatic cell count; Walking

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; LACTOSE; LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GAIT; HOOF AND CLAW; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATION; LACTIC ACID; LACTOSE; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; WALKING;

EID: 0032037842     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75660-7     Document Type: Article

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