Best use for milk – A review. II – Effect of physiological, husbandry and seasonal factors on the physicochemical properties of bovine milk

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 155-164

  Chen, Biye ^a   Grandison, Alistair S ^a   Lewis, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Husbandry variations; Physicochemical properties; Physiological variations; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010304297     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: 14710307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12355     Document Type: Review

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