Osteochondrosis / Osteoarthrosis and Claw Disorders in Sows, Associated with Leg Weakness

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-138

  Jorgensen B ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apophysiolysis; Claw lesions; Clinical symptoms; Degenerative joint disease; Dyschondroplasia; Growth plates; Joint; Locomotory problems; Pathology; Pig; Toe injury

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; JOINTS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033654421     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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