Evaluation of claw health in heifers in seven dairy farms using a digital claw trimming protocol and claw data analysis system;Evaluierung der Klauengesundheit von Färsen in sieben Milchvieh betrieben mittels digitaler Klauendatendokumentation und Klauendatenanalyse

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 272-281

  Kofler, Johann ^a   Hangl, Andreas ^a   Pesenhofer, Robert ^b   Landl, Gerhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Claw Trimming Practice Robert Pesenhofer ^*  (Austria)

^c SEG Informationstechnik GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cattle; Claw Manager; Cow Claw Score; Farm Claw Score; Lameness

Indexed keywords

BOS; SOLEIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84555195958     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-124-272     Document Type: Article

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