Lameness and claw lesions of the Norwegian red dairy cattle housed in free stalls in relation to environment, parity and stage of lactation

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-217

  Sogstad, A M ^a   Fjeldaas, T ^a   Osteras O ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Claw lesions; Environment; Free stalls; Housing; Management; Parity; Stage of lactation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; HOSPITALIZATION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644524325     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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