Loss of income from cows shedding Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis prior to calving compared with cows not shedding the organism on two minnesota dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4929-4936

  Raizman, E A ^a   Fetrow, J P ^b   Wells, S J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Income over feed cost; Milk production; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis shedding

Indexed keywords

BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349914031     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2133     Document Type: Article

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