Technical note: Calibration of a simple udder volume measurement technique

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1985-1986

  Magana Sevilla H ^a   Sandoval Castro, C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Milk yield; Udder casting

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

ALUMINUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UDDER;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141575306     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73786-2     Document Type: Article

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