Daily grazing time as a risk factor for alterations at the hock joint integument in dairy cows

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Burow, E ^a   Thomsen, P T ^a   Rousing, T ^a   Sorensen J T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dairy cow; grazing time; injury; integument; lesion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870859867     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001395     Document Type: Article

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