Lameness in cows - A welfare and profit reducing problem

Australian Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 54-66

  Logue, David ^a   Bergsten, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 79952730646     PISSN: 00049433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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