The vertical ground reaction force and the pressure distribution on the claws of dairy cows while walking on a flat substrate

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2875-2883

  Van Der Tol, P P J ^a   Metz, J H M ^b   Noordhuizen Stassen, E N ^a   Back, W ^a   Braam, C R ^c   Weijs, W A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dairy cattle; Lameness, horn

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; PRESSURE; WALKING;

EID: 0642341018     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73884-3     Document Type: Article

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