Visual detection of technical success and effectiveness of teat cleaning in two automatic milking systems

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3354-3362

  Hovinen, M ^a   Aisla, A M ^a   Pyorala S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Effectiveness of teat cleaning; Teat cleaning; Technical success of teat cleaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544479519     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73019-8     Document Type: Article

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