The relationship between dairy cow hygiene and somatic cell count in milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3835-3844

  Sant'Anna, A C ^a   Paranhos da Costa, M J R ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Grupo ETCO Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Etologia e Ecologia Animal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cleanliness score; Dairy cow; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HYGIENE; MILK; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HYGIENE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79960621745     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3951     Document Type: Article

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