Invited review: Effect of udder health management practices on herd somatic cell count

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 563-579

  Dufour, S ^a,b   Frechette A ^a   Barkema, H W ^b,c   Mussell, A ^d   Scholl, D T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d George Morris Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Management; Somatic cell count; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751686832     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3715     Document Type: Review

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