Quarter-milking-, quarter-, udder- and lactation-level risk factors and indicators for clinical mastitis during lactation in pasture-fed dairy cows managed in an automatic milking system

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 167-174

  Hammer, J F ^a   Morton, J M ^a   Kerrisk, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Clinical mastitis; Mastitis; Risk factors; Robotic dairy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PARITY; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859888055     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2012.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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