Effects of herd management practices on somatic cell counts in an arid climate

The objective of this study was to evaluate associations between average lactation somatic cell counts (SCC) and herd management practices in an arid climate. A total of 38,530 average lactation SCC records for 10,216 Holstein cows gathered on 25 dairy farms from January 2009 to October 2012 in Isfa...

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Main Authors: Ali Sadeghi-Sefidmazgi, Farahnaz Rayatdoost-Baghal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2014-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014000900499&lng=en&tlng=en