Technical note: Evaluation of odor from…

Today’s Technical Note of the Day is:

“Technical note: Evaluation of odor from vaginal discharge of cows in the first 10 days after calving by olfactory cognition and an electronic device,” I. Sannmann, O. Burfeind, V. Suthar, A. Bos, M. Bruins, W. Heuwieser , Journal of Dairy Science, epub June 28, 2013. The authors are at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and at C-it, in Zutphen, the Netherlands.

Here is detail from the study:

(Thanks to investigator Neil Martin for bringing this to our attention.)

BONUS (unrelated research at Freie Universität Berlin): “Signs of Doping or of Having Eaten Steak?“