Claw trimming routines in relation to claw lesions, claw shape and lameness in Norwegian dairy herds housed in tie stalls and free stalls

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-271

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Claw lesions; Claw shape; Claw trimming; Free stalls; Lameness; Tie stalls

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; NORWAY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644551884     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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