A field investigation of the use of the pedometer for the early detection of lameness in cattle

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 883-886

  Mazrier, Hamutal ^a   Tal, Shlomit ^a   Aizinbud, Eliezer ^b   Bargai, Uri ^c  

^a Tzora Veterinary Clinic   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HERD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33749623890     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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