Computerised claw trimming database programs as the basis for monitoring hoof health in dairy herds

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 358-361

  Kofler, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cattle; Claw lesions; Claw trimming; Computerised data analysis; Documentation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL LAMENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DAIRYING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; HERD; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; REVIEW;

BOS;

CATTLE; CLAW LESIONS; CLAW TRIMMING; COMPUTERISED DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; INCIDENCE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888434187     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.06.009     Document Type: Review

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