The effect of lameness on the resting behavior and metabolic status of dairy cattle during the transition period in a freestall-housed dairy herd

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2883-2894

  Calderon, D F ^a   Cook, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Lameness; Transition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BED; BODY POSTURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITALIZATION; KETOACIDOSIS; METABOLISM; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GAIT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; KETOSIS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PARITY; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

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EID: 79956266849     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3855     Document Type: Article

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