Volume assessment of the bovine hoof

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-128

  Phillips, C J C ^a,b   Patterson, S J ^a   Ap Dewi, I ^a   Whitaker, C J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY;

EID: 0030226186     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(96)90086-7     Document Type: Article

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