Management practices associated with udder health of first-parity dairy cows in early lactation

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-149

  Nyman, A K ^a,b   Emanuelson, U ^c   Gustafsson, A H ^b   Persson Waller, K ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical mastitis; Early lactation; First parity dairy cow; Management factors; SCC

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; UDDER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TEST ANXIETY SCALE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57849120056     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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