Introduction of automatic milking system in Finland: Effect on milk quality

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 346-353

  Salovuo, Heidi ^a   Ronkainen, Pilvi ^a   Heino, Antti ^a   Suokannas, Antti ^b   Ryhänen, Eeva Liisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Milk quality; Somatic cell count; Total bacteria count

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 33645036776     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960605775897678     Document Type: Article

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