Observational study of temperature, moisture, pH and bacteria in straw bedding, and faecal consistency, cleanliness and mastitis in cows in four dairy herds

Veterinary Record

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 199-206

  Ward, W R ^a   Hughes, J W ^a   Faull, W B ^a   Cripps, P J ^a   Sutherland, J P ^a   Sutherst, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALKALINITY; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM COLONY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HERD; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; STRAW; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE;

EID: 0037125549     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.151.7.199     Document Type: Article

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