Sources of variation in milk flow characteristics at udder and quarter levels

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 978-988

  Tancin V ^a   Ipema, B ^b   Hogewerf, P ^b   Macuhova J ^c  

^a SLOVAK AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Slovakia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cow; Milk flow pattern; Quarter; Udder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; MILK EJECTION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; MILK EJECTION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745001258     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72163-4     Document Type: Article

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