Interaction of somatic cell count and quarter milk flow patterns

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2223-2228

  Tancin V ^a   Ipema, A H ^b   Hogewerf, P ^b  

^a SLOVAK AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Slovakia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Milk flow; Quarter; Somatic cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748958405     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-666     Document Type: Article

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