Farm management factors associated with bulk tank somatic cell count in Irish dairy herds

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Kelly, Patrick T ^a,b   O'Sullivan, K ^c   Berry, D P ^a   More, S J ^b   Meaney, W J ^a   O'Callaghan, E J ^a   O'Brien, B ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

bulk tank; dairy cattle; infrastructure; management; somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964033436     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: 20460481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-62-S4-S45     Document Type: Article

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