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Genetic and phenotypic relationships among milk yield and somatic cell count before and after clinical mastitis.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Feb 2005
Koivula M, Mäntysaari E A, Negussie E, Serenius T
Abstract excerpt
This paper studies whether cows with originally lower somatic cell count (SCC) are more susceptible to clinical mastitis (CM) than cows with higher somatic cell count, and evaluates the correlations between CM, SCC, and milk yield. Data were extracted from the Finnish national milk-recording database and from the health recording system. First and second lactation records of 87,861 Ayrshire cows calving between...
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