The effects of early treatment for hindlimb lameness in dairy cows on four commercial UK farms

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 626-632

  Leach, K A ^a   Tisdall, D A ^a   Bell, N J ^a   Main, D C J ^a   Green, L E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Lameness; Milk yield; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE LAMENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DAIRYING; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; FOOT ROT; HINDLIMB LAMENESS; INCIDENCE; LOCOMOTION; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; PLANTAR ULCER; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BRUISING; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITE LINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HINDLIMB; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

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EID: 84866181439     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.06.043     Document Type: Article

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