Associations between locomotion score and kinematic measures in dairy cows with varying hoof lesion types

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3564-3572

  Blackie, N ^a   Bleach, E C L ^a,b   Amory, J R ^a   Scaife, J R ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Foot lesion; Gait; Kinematic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT ULCER; GAIT; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; FOOT ULCER; GAIT; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; POSTURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

BOS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84878115948     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5597     Document Type: Article

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