Subclinical laminitis in dairy cows: Use of severity of hoof lesions to rank and evaluate herds

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-21

  Smilie, R H ^a   Hoblet, K H ^a   Eastridge, M L ^a   Weiss, W P ^a   Schnitkey, G L ^a   Moeschberger, M L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HOOF AND CLAW; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FOOT DERMATOSES; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033513613     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.1.17     Document Type: Article

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