Testing white line strength in the dairy cow

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2874-2880

  Collis, V J ^a   Green, L E ^b   Blowey, R W ^c   Packington, A J ^d   Bonser, R H C ^e,f  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c WOOD VETERINARY GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^d DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^e SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotin; Bovine claw; Mechanical strength; White line disease

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 4544372481     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(04)73417-7     Document Type: Article

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