Relationship between udder health and hygiene on farms with an automatic milking system

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4019-4033

  Dohmen, W ^a   Neijenhuis, F ^b   Hogeveen, H ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Hygiene; Udder health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955046969     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-3028     Document Type: Article

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