Analgesics improve the gait of lame dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3010-3014

  Flower, F C ^a   Sedlbauer, M ^a   Carter, E ^a   Von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a   Sanderson, D J ^a   Weary, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Lameness; Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug; Pain

Indexed keywords

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EID: 49749092106     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0968     Document Type: Article

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