Cow, farm, and herd management factors in the dry period associated with raised somatic cell counts in early lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1403-1415

  Green, M J ^a,b   Bradley, A J ^c   Medley, G F ^d   Browne, W J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian multilevel model; Dry period; Mastitis; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449136197     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0621     Document Type: Article

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