Invited review: Udder health of dairy cows in automatic milking

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 547-562

  Hovinen, M ^a   Pyorala S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Dairy cow; Mastitis detection; Udder health

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SECRETION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; ROBOTICS;

EID: 78751687775     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3556     Document Type: Review

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