Assessment of bovine hoof conformation and its association with lameness, animal factors and management practices on small-scale dairy farms in Kiambu district, Kenya

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Gitau, T ^a   Mbiuki, S M ^a   McDermott, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Hoof conformation; Lameness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HOOF AND CLAW; KENYA; PARITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; KENYA; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; PARITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031155240     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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