The effect of housing and methionine intake on hoof horn hemorrhages in primiparous lactating Holstein cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1015-1023

  Laven, R A ^a   Livesey, C T ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hoof horn hemorrhages; Housing; Methionine

Indexed keywords

LIPID; METHIONINE; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; EATING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EATING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; LIPIDS; METHIONINE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 4243100678     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73247-6     Document Type: Article

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