Effect of herd characteristics, management practices, and season on different categories of the herd somatic cell count

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4137-4144

  Lievaart, J J ^a,c   Barkema, H W ^b   Kremer, W D J ^a   Van Den Broek, J ^a   Verheijden, J H M ^a   Heesterbeek, J A P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herd characteristic; Herd somatic cell count; Management practice; Season

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEASONS;

EID: 34848859977     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-847     Document Type: Article

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