Rapid screening method for lameness in dairy cows

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 689-690

  Thomsen, P T ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DENMARK; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DENMARK; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MASS SCREENING; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67651012340     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.22.689     Document Type: Short Survey

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