Somatic cell count dynamics in a large sample of dairy herds in England and Wales

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 56-64

  Madouasse, A ^a,b   Huxley, J N ^a   Browne, W J ^c   Bradley, A J ^a,d   Green, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Quality Milk Management Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herd; Mastitis; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; BOVINAE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 77954385767     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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