Risk factors for digital dermatitis in dairy cows kept in cubicle houses in The Netherlands

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 11-21

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

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Wageningen University ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Digital dermatitis; Flooring system; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 23944470611     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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