Milk, fat, protein, somatic cell score, and days open among holstein, brown swiss, and their crosses

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3542-3549

  Dechow, C D ^a   Rogers, G W ^b   Cooper, J B ^b   Phelps, M I ^a   Mosholder, A L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown swiss; Crossbred; Holstein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35748969100     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-889     Document Type: Article

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