Influence of vacuum level and overmilking on udder health and teat thickness changes in dairy ewes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3891-3898

  Peris, C ^a   Diaz J R ^a   Balasch, S ^b   Beltran M C ^a   Molina, M P ^a   Fernandez N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Overmilking; Somatic cell count; Teat thickness; Vacuum level

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER; VACUUM;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VACUUM;

EID: 1642360835     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73997-6     Document Type: Article

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