Herd management practices and their association with bulk tank somatic cell count on United States dairy operations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3652-3659

  Wenz, J R ^a,c   Jensen, S M ^b   Lombard, J E ^a,b   Wagner, B A ^b   Oinsmore, R P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk tank somatic cell count; Management; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35748974831     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-592     Document Type: Article

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