The effect of digital lesions and floor type on locomotion score in Dutch dairy cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-157

  Frankena, K ^a   Somers, J G C J ^a,b   Schouten, W G P ^a   van Stek, J V ^a   Metz, J H M ^a   Stassen, E N ^b   Graat, E A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Inter)digital dermatitis; Claw lesion; Floor system; Locomotion; Straw yard; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 57849096121     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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