Management factors affecting udder health and effects of a one year extension program in organic dairy herds

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1596-1604

  Ivemeyer, S ^a   Walkenhorst, M ^a   Heil, F ^a   Notz, C ^a   Maeschli, A ^a   Butler, G ^b   Klocke, P ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension effect; Management; Udder health

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449524396     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109990498     Document Type: Article

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