Effect of season and parity on somatic cell count across zebu and crossbred cattle population

Indian Journal of Animal Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 383-387

  Saravanan, R ^a,b   Das, D N ^a   De, S ^a   Panneerselvam, S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Deoni; HF crossbred; Mastitis; Ongole; SCC; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS;

EID: 84935069994     PISSN: 03676722     EISSN: 09760555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5958/0976-0555.2015.00127.2     Document Type: Article

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