Association between floor type and behaviour, skin lesions, and claw dimensions in group-housed fattening bulls

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 209-221

  Platz, Siegfried ^a   Ahrens, Frank ^a   Bahrs, Elisabeth ^a   Nüske, Stefan ^a   Erhard, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Bulls' behaviour; Concrete slatted floor; Rubber mat; Skin lesion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CATTLE; HOOF AND CLAW; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34247157319     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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