Somatic cell count assessment at the quarter or cow milking level

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3358-3364

  Mollenhorst, H ^a   van der Tol, P P J ^b   Hogeveen, H ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Software Engineering   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abnormal milk; Detection; On line assessment; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; MILK;

EID: 77953892564     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2842     Document Type: Article

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