Prevalence of lameness and of associated claw disorders in Greek dairy cattle industry

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 354-358

  Katsoulos, P D ^a   Christodoulopoulos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cattle; Claw disorders; Greece; Lameness

Indexed keywords

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EID: 64749094515     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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