Association of herd productivity and bulk-tank somatic cell counts in US dairy herds in 1996

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1325-1330

  Ott, Stephen L ^a   Novak, P Raven ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035872137     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.1325     Document Type: Article

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