The relationships between social behaviour of dairy cows and the occurrence of lameness in three herds

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-79

  Galindo, F ^a,b   Broom, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034244284     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.2000.0391     Document Type: Article

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