Cow level sampling factors affecting analysis and interpretation of milk urea concentrations in 2 dairy herds

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 487-492

  Eicher, Richard ^a   Bouchard, Emile ^b   Tremblay, Armand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PUERPERIUM; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0033161448     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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