Relationships among severity and duration of clinical mastitis and sire transmitting abilities for somatic cell score, udder type traits, productive life, and protein yield

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1273-1284

  Nash, D L ^a,c   Rogers, G W ^a,d   Cooper, J B ^a,d   Hargrove, G L ^a   Keown, J F ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Productive life; Severity and duration of clinical mastitis; Somatic cell score; Udder type traits

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036561849     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74192-1     Document Type: Article

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