Lameness, activity time-budgets, and estrus expression in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4552-4559

  Walker, S L ^a,b   Smith, R F ^a   Routly, J E ^a   Jones, D N ^a   Morris, M J ^a   Dobson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bite rate; Lameness; Rumination chewing rate; Social order

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 57749106185     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1048     Document Type: Article

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