The effect of rubber versus concrete passageways in cubicle housing on claw health and reproduction of pluriparous dairy cows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Boyle, Laura A ^a   Mee, John F ^a   Kiernan, Paul J ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Claw health; Dairy cows; Estrous; Flooring; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; FLOOR; MILK PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 34347351386     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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