A novel method of analyzing daily milk production and electrical conductivity to predict disease onset

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5964-5976

  Lukas, J M ^a   Reneau, J K ^a   Wallace, R ^b   Hawkins, D ^c   munoz Zanzi, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c School of Statistics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Health monitoring; Milk yield; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70749157002     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2066     Document Type: Article

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