Introduction of AMS in Italian dairy herds: Effects on teat tissues, intramammary infection risk, and spread of contagious pathogens

Automatic milking, a better understanding

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 161-167

  Zecconi, A ^a   Piccinini, R ^a   Casirani, G ^a   Binda, E ^a   Migliorati, L ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Patologia Animale Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b CRA Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia   (Italy)

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