Relationships between dairy cow mastitis and fertility management and farm performance

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-264

  Rougoor, C W ^a,b   Hanekamp, W J A ^a   Dijkhuizen, A A ^b   Nielen, M ^b   Wilmink, J B M ^c  

^a Res Stn Cattle Sheep Horse Husb   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Royal Dutch Cattle Syndicate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle microbiological diseases; Fertility; Gross margin; Management; Mastitis; Milk production; Partial least squares

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MILK;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033608983     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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