Effects of housing, management, and health of dairy heifers on first-lactation udder health in southwest Sweden

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1990-1999

  Svensson, C ^a   Nyman, A K ^a,c   Waller, K Persson ^a,b   Emanuelson, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calf; Mastitis; Replacement heifer; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33747608611     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72266-4     Document Type: Article

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