How teat canal keratin depends on the length and diameter of the teat canal in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-255

  Paulrud, Carl Oskar ^a   Rasmussen, Morten Dam ^b  

^a Danish Dairy Board ^*  (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; KERATINS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; NEEDLES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 2542618475     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029904000056     Document Type: Article

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