Influence of Stages of Lactation, Parity and Season on Somatic Cell Counts in Cows

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1775-1780

  Singh, Mahendra ^a   Ludri, R S ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cows; Lactation; Parity; Season; Somatic Cell Count

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035604194     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.1775     Document Type: Article

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