Risk factors influencing lameness and claw disorders in dairy cows

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-271

  Bielfeldt, J C ^a   Badertscher, R ^b   Tolle K H ^a   Krieter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Agricultural Economics and Engineering   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Claw disorders; Claw trimming; Housing system; Lameness; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 23744451714     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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