Bovine claw and limb disorders related to culling and carcass characteristics

Livestock Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-95

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE Norwegian Dairies BA ^*  (Norway)

^c Norwegian Meat Research Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carcass; Claw; Culling; Disorders; Lameness

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33846023016     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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