Effect of mobility score on milk yield and activity in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5045-5052

  Reader, J D ^a   Green, M J ^b   Kaler, J ^b   Mason, S A ^c   Green, L E ^c  

^a SYNERGY FARM HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cow; Lameness; Milk yield; Multistate model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

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EID: 80053250403     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4415     Document Type: Article

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