Global trends in milk quality: Implications for the Irish dairy industry

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 5-14

  More, Sj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

global dairy industry; Ireland; milk quality; quality; somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964068574     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: 20460481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-62-S4-S5     Document Type: Review

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