Machine induced changes of caprine teats diagnosed by ultrasonography

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 8698-8703

  Ślósarz, Piotr ^a   Wójtowski, Jacek ^a   Bielińska, Sylwia ^a   Fra̧ckowiak, Anna ^a   Ludwiczak, Agnieszka ^a   Krzyzewski, Józef ^b   Bagnicka, Emilia ^b   Strzałkowska, Nina ^b  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Goat; Machine milking; Teat reaction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOAT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACHINE MILKING; MORPHOLOGY; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; TEAT CANAL DIAMETER; TEAT CANAL LENGTH; TEAT MORPHOLOGY; TEAT SWELLING; TEAT WALL THICKNESS; THICKNESS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 78650619089     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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