Seasonal incidence of lameness and risk factors associated with thin soles, white line disease, ulcers, and sole punctures in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3165-3174

  Sanders, A H ^a   Shearer, J K ^a   de Vries, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Claw lesion; Lameness; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

BOS; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 68149174897     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1799     Document Type: Article

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