Associations between housing, management, and morbidity during rearing and subsequent first-lactation milk production of dairy cows in southwest Sweden

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1510-1518

  Svensson, C ^a   Hultgren, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Management; Milk production; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 42449150408     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0235     Document Type: Article

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