The effects on claw health of supplement feeding grazing dairy cows on feed pads

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 672-677

  Coombe, Joanne E ^a   Pyman, Michael F ^a   Mansell, Peter D ^a   Auldist, Martin J ^b   Anderson, Garry A ^a   Wales, William J ^b   Malmo, Jakob ^c   Conley, Melanie J ^a   Fisher, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Maffra Medical Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Feed pad; Lameness; Pasture based

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GRAZING; HERD; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PAINTBRUSH HEMORRHAGE; PASTURE; TRAUMATIC BRUISING; WHITE LINE DISEASE;

DAIRY COW; FEED PAD; LAMENESS; PASTURE BASED;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 84888431983     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.09.060     Document Type: Article

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