Factors of variation influencing bulk tank somatic cell count in dairy sheep

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 969-974

  Gonzalo, C ^a   Carriedo, J A ^a   Blanco, M A ^b   Beneitez, E ^b   Juarez M T ^b   De La Fuente, L F ^a   San Primitivo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Consorcio de Promoción del Ovino ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk; Mastitis; Milking; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION DISORDER; MASTITIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION DISORDERS; MASTITIS; MILK; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 22144493021     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72764-8     Document Type: Article

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