Lameness in UK dairy cows: A review of the current status

In Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 492-504

  Archer, Simon ^b   Bell, Nick ^a   Huxley, Jon ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Farm Animal Production Medicine   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650871882     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inp.c6672     Document Type: Review

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