Diversity in the magnitude of hind limb unloading occurs with similar forms of lameness in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-177

  Liu, Jianbo ^a   Dyer, Robert M ^b   Neerchal, Nagaraj K ^c   Tasch, Uri ^a   Rajkondawar, Parimal G ^d  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d BouMatic   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; force plate; lameness; vertical kinetic variables

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79956161740     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029911000057     Document Type: Article

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