Impact of lameness on gait characteristics and lying behaviour of zero grazed dairy cattle in early lactation

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 129, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 67-73

  Blackie, Nicola ^a   Bleach, Emma ^b   Amory, Jonathan ^a   Scaife, Jes ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour monitoring; Dairy cattle; Kinematics; Lameness; Locomotion score; Lying behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; KINEMATICS; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION;

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EID: 78650944101     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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