Associations between decreased fertility and management factors, claw health, and somatic cell count in swedish dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6315-6323

  Lomander, H ^a   Svensson, C ^b   Hallen Sandgren C ^c   Gustafsson, H ^a   Frossling J ^a,d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Växa Regional Dairy Association   (Sweden)

^c DELAVAL INTERNATIONAL AB   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Loose housing system; Risk factor; Total mixed ration

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BOVINAE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETION (PROCESS); STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UDDER; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884356148     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6475     Document Type: Article

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