Farm managers underestimate lameness prevalence in Czech dairy herds

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-204

  Sarova R ^a   Stehulova I ^a   Kratinova P ^a   Firla, P ^a   Spinka M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Awareness; Dairy cows; Lameness; On farm assessment; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HERD; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79955425556     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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