A study on relationships between Somatic Cell Count (SCC) and some uddertraits in dairy cows

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-138

  Coban, Omer ^a   Sabuncuoglu, Nilufer ^a   Tuzemen, Naci ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Somatic cell count; Teat diameter; Teat end shape; Udder form; Udder height

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149398456     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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