Milk flow, teat morphology and subclinical mastitis prevalence in Gir cows

The aim of this work was to evaluate the association between milk flow, teat morphological measurements and subclinical mastitis prevalence in Gir cows. Eighty cows in the 2nd and 3rd lactations, with 90 to 200 days of lactation, were divided according to milk flow during milking into fast or slow g...

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Main Authors: Marco Aurélio de Felicio Porcionato, Weber Vilas Boas Soares, Carolina Barbosa Malek dos Reis, Cristina Simões Cortinhas, Lucinéia Mestieri, Marcos Veiga dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2010-12-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2010001200023&lng=en&tlng=en