A study of the dynamics of digital dermatitis in 742 lactating dairy cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 44-52

  Nielsen, B H ^a   Thomsen, P T ^a   Green, L E ^b   Kaler, J ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Digital dermatitis; Disease dynamics; Multistate multilevel discrete time model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BATH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DENMARK; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BATHS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DENMARK; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; PREVALENCE;

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EID: 84856783780     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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