On distinguishing cause and consequence: Do high somatic cell counts lead to lower milk yield or does high milk yield lead to lower somatic cell count?

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 74-89

  Green, L E ^a   Schukken, Y H ^b   Green, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause; Dilution; Milk yield; SCC

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33746671915     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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