Assessing lameness in cows kept in tie-stalls

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1567-1574

  Leach, K A ^a   Dippel, S ^b   Huber, J ^c   March, S ^d   Winckler, C ^b   Whay, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Lameness; Tie stall; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249166944     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1648     Document Type: Article

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