Estimating the effect of mastitis on the profitability of Irish dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3662-3673

  Geary, U ^a   Lopez Villalobos, N ^b   Begley, N ^a   McCoy, F ^a,c   O'Brien, B ^a   O'Grady, L ^d   Shalloo, L ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Carrick on Shannon   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cost; Mastitis; Profit; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COST; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; IRELAND; MILK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; IRELAND; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK;

EID: 84862523366     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4863     Document Type: Article

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