Bulk milk somatic cell counts are related to bulk milk total bacterial counts and several herd-level risk factors in dairy goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4355-4364

  Koop, G ^a   Nielen, M ^a   van Werven, T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulk milk; Dairy goat; Somatic cell count; Total bacterial count

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MASTITIS; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349286566     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2106     Document Type: Article

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