Short communication: Pre- and postmilking anatomical characteristics of teats and their associations with risk of clinical mastitis in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 8323-8329

  Guarin J F ^a,b   Ruegg, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

clinical mastitis; dairy; milking machine; teat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84991067913     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-10093     Document Type: Article

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