Risk factors for a high somatic cell count at the first milk recording in a large sample of UK dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1873-1884

  Madouasse, A ^a   Browne, W J ^b   Huxley, J N ^a   Toni, F ^c   Bradley, A J ^a,d   Green, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d Quality Milk Management Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Dry period; Multilevel logistic regression; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84858992900     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4801     Document Type: Article

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