Comparing bacterial counts on bare hands with gloved hands during milking

Mastitis Control: From Science to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-82

  Olde Riekerink, R G M ^a   Sampimon, O C ^a   Eerland, V J ^a   Swarts, M J ^a   Lam, T J G M ^a,b  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Udder Health Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disinfection gloves; Hands; Milking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872214413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-649-6     Document Type: Chapter

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