Short communication: Repeatability of differential goat bulk milk culture and associations with somatic cell count, total bacterial count, and standard plate count
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Optimally achieving milk bulk tank somatic cell count thresholds.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2705