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Recommended method for measuring changes in thickness of the bovine teat with spring-loaded calipers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Jörn Hamann
Affiliation:
Institut für Hygiene, Bundesanstalt für Milchforschung, Hermann-Weigmann Strasse 1, D-24103 Kiel, Deutschland
Graeme A. Mein
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Burkhard Nipp
Affiliation:
Institut für Hygiene, Bundesanstalt für Milchforschung, Hermann-Weigmann Strasse 1, D-24103 Kiel, Deutschland

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