Tie-stall design and its relationship to lameness, injury, and cleanliness on 317 Ontario dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3201-3210

  Zurbrigg, K ^a,b   Kelton, D ^a   Anderson, N ^b   Millman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cow cleanliness; Dairy cow injury; Tie stall design

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27544479071     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73003-4     Document Type: Article

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