Correlations among body condition scores from various sources, dairy form, and cow health from the United States and Denmark

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3526-3533

  Dechow, C D ^a,g   Rogers, G W ^a   Sander Nielsen, U ^b   Klei, L ^c   Lawlor, T J ^c   Clay, J S ^d   Freeman, A E ^e   Abdel Azim, G ^f   Kuck, A ^f   Schnell, S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Dansk Landbrugsradgivning   (Denmark)

^c Holstein Association USA Inc   (United States)

^d Dairy Records Management Systems   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Genex Cooperative Inc   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Dairy form; Disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 6944223138     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73489-X     Document Type: Article

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