Assessing the welfare impact of foot disorders in dairy cattle by a modeling approach

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 962-970

  Bruijnis, M R N ^a   Beerda, B ^a   Hogeveen, H ^a,b   Stassen, E N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dairy cow; foot disorder; modeling; welfare impact

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84860778803     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111002606     Document Type: Article

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