The effect of the introduction of automatic milking systems on milk quality

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1998-2003

  Klungel, G H ^a   Slaghuis, B A ^a   Hogeveen, H ^a  

^a Res Stn Cattle Sheep Horse H   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Free fatty acids; Somatic cell count; Total bacterial plate count

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRYING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0034277028     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75077-6     Document Type: Article

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