Effect of milking on bovine teat tissue as measured by ultrasonography

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 628-632

  Gleeson, David E ^a   O'Callaghan, Edmond J ^a   Rath, Myles V ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Machine milking; Teat reactions; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS;

EID: 0036898741     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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