Different management practices are associated with mesophilic and thermophilic spore levels in bulk tank raw milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4338-4351

  Miller, R A ^a   Kent, D J ^a   Boor, K J ^a   Martin, N H ^a   Wiedmann, M ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Management practices; Raw milk; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NEW YORK; PASTEURIZATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; UDDER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; NEW YORK; PASTEURIZATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84931565771     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-9406     Document Type: Article

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