Associations of sole ulcer at claw trimming with reproductive performance, udder health, milk yield, and culling in Swedish dairy cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-251

  Hultgren, Jan ^a   Manske, Thomas ^a   Bergsten, Christer ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culling; Dairy cattle; Fertility; Hoof disease; Mastitis; Milk somatic cell count; Milk yield; Sole ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN; UDDER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1842767191     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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