Using gait score, walking speed, and lying behavior to detect hoof lesions in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4365-4374

  Chapinal, N ^a   de Passille A M ^b   Weary, D M ^a   von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a   Rushen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait score; Lameness; Lying behavior; Sole ulcer

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GAIT; HOOF AND CLAW; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; GAIT; HOOF AND CLAW; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 70349266589     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2115     Document Type: Article

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