Locomotion and claw disorders in Norwegian dairy cows housed in freestalls with slatted concrete, solid concrete, or solid rubber flooring in the alleys

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1243-1255

  Fjeldaas, T ^a   Sogstad, A M ^a,b   Osteras O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE Extension Services TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alley floor; Claw disorder; Freestall housing; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; LOCOMOTION; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; NORWAY; RUBBER;

BOS; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 79951719409     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3173     Document Type: Article

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