Somatic cell count during and between milkings

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3733-3741

  Olde Riekerink, R G M ^a   Barkema, H W ^b   Veenstra, W ^c   Berg, F E ^c   Stryhn, H ^a   Zadoks, R N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy; Diurnal variation; Milk; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748959643     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0001     Document Type: Article

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