Description of herd level criteria for good and poor udder health in Norwegian dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-92

  Valde, J P ^a   Osteras O ^a,b   Simensen, E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical mastitis; New infection rate of mastitis; Somatic cell count; Udder health

Indexed keywords

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EID: 12144264077     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72665-5     Document Type: Article

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