Within- and across-person uniformity of body condition scoring in Danish Holstein cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3721-3728

  Kristensen, E ^a   Dueholm, L ^a   Vink, D ^a   Andersen, J E ^a   Jakobsen, E B ^a   Illum Nielsen, S ^a   Petersen, F A ^a   Enevoldsen, C ^b  

^a KoNet Praksis Aps   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Herd health management; Interobserver variation; Intraobserver variation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33748114730     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72413-4     Document Type: Article

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