Relationship between somatic cell count and milk yield in different stages of lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3124-3133

  Hagnestam Nielsen, C ^a   Emanuelson, U ^a   Berglund, B ^a   Strandberg, E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Production loss; Somatic cell count; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 68149094093     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1719     Document Type: Article

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