Control and prevention of lameness associated with claw lesions in dairy cows

Livestock Science

Volumn 156, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 96-105

  Bicalho, Rodrigo Carvalho ^a   Oikonomou, Georgios ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Claw horn disruption lesions; Dairy cows; Lameness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84881667844     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.06.007     Document Type: Review

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