Assessment of lameness in sows using gait, footprints, postural behaviour and foot lesion analysis

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1163-1173

  Gregoire J ^a,b   Bergeron, R ^c   D'Allaire, S ^d   Meunier Salaun M C ^e,f   Devillers, N ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e PEGASE   (France)

^f AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

accelerometer; kinematics; posture; stepping; visual scoring

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CANADA; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; POSTURE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84878431322     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731113000098     Document Type: Article

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