A simple method to score digital dermatitis in dairy cows in the milking parlor

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5424-5434

  Relun, A ^a,b,c,d   Guatteo, R ^a,c,d   Roussel, P ^a,b   Bareille, N ^a,c,d  

^a UMT Cattle Herd Health Control   (France)

^b Health Traceability Hygiene   (France)

^c Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Acoustique Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Digital dermatitis; Reliability; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80054898095     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4054     Document Type: Article

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