Importance of the sampled milk fraction for the prediction of total quarter somatic cell count

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4246-4250

  Sarikaya, H ^a   Bruckmaier, R M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foremilk; Milk fraction; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750590851     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72470-5     Document Type: Article

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