Assessment of animal welfare in 80 dairy cow herds in cubicle housing - Animal health and other animal-related parameters;Erhebungen zur Tiergerechtheit in 80 Milchkuhbetrieben mit Boxenlaufställen -Tiergesundheit und andere tierbezogene Indikatoren

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 97, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 231-241

  Rouha Mulleder C ^a,d   Palme, R ^b,c,e   Waiblinger, S ^a,e  

^a Aus Dem Inst F Tierhaltung und Tierschutz   (Germany)

^b Dem Institut für Biochemie Department für Biomedizinische Wissenschaften   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d NONE   (Austria)

^e Marinomed Biotech Ag Veterinärplatz 1   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Cubicle housing; Dairy cows; Health; Lameness; Lesions

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77958125263     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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