Method for assessing teat and udder hygiene

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2008, ASABE 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1846-1853

  Bade, Robert D ^a   Reinemann, Douglas J ^a   Thompson, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BouMatic   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Bacteria counts; Milk quality; Milking management; Pre milking teat sanitation; Robotic milking unit; Test methods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SANITATION;

AUTOMATIC MILKING; MILK QUALITY; MILKING MANAGEMENT; PRE-MILKING TEAT SANITATION; ROBOTIC MILKING UNIT; TEST METHODS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 63049129329     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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