Development of claw traits and claw lesions in dairy cows kept on different floor systems

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 110-120

  Somers, J G C J ^a,b   Schouten, W G P ^a   Frankena, K ^a   Noordhuizen Stassen, E N ^b   Metz, J H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Claw lesion; Claw trait; Digital dermatitis; Floor system

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 12144267303     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72668-0     Document Type: Article

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