Technical note: Development and evaluation of a standardized technique to assess blood perfusion in teats of dairy

M Wieland1, T M Scholbach2, S Shirky3

  • 1Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

Journal of Dairy Science
|August 19, 2019
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