Hoof disorders, locomotion ability and lying times of cubicle-housed compared to pasture-based dairy cows

Livestock Science

Volumn 125, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 199-207

  Olmos, Gabriela ^a,b   Boyle, Laura ^a   Hanlon, Alison ^b   Patton, Joe ^a   Murphy, John J ^a   Mee, John F ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Hoof disorders; Locomotion ability; Lying behaviour; Pasture based systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 68949200260     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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