Relationship between udder and leg hygiene scores and subclinical mastitis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3460-3465

  Schreiner, D A ^a,b   Ruegg, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Green Lake Courthouse   (United States)

Author keywords

Mastitis; Milk quality; Somatic cell count; Udder hygiene

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HYGIENE; LACTATION; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; UDDER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HYGIENE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1542754687     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73950-2     Document Type: Article

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