Associations of dairy cow behavior, barn hygiene, cow hygiene, and risk of elevated somatic cell count

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5730-5739

  DeVries, T J ^a   Aarnoudse, M G ^a   Barkema, H W ^b   Leslie, K E ^c   von Keyserlingk, M A G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dairy cow; Hygiene; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HYGIENE; MILK; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYGIENE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84867098302     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5375     Document Type: Article

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