Prevalence of and factors associated with hock, knee, and neck injuries on dairy cows in freestall housing in Canada

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-184

  Zaffino Heyerhoff, J C ^a   LeBlanc, S J ^a   DeVries, T J ^b   Nash, C G R ^a   Gibbons, J ^c   Orsel, K ^d   Barkema, H W ^d   Solano, L ^d   Rushen, J ^c   de Passille A M ^c   Haley, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Injuries; Lameness; Stall design

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HOUSING; KNEE INJURIES; LACTATION; MILK; NECK INJURIES; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ALBERTA; ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; KNEE INJURIES; LACTATION; MILK; NECK INJURIES; ONTARIO; PARITY; RUBBER; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84890697856     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6367     Document Type: Article

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