Short communication: Genetic characterization of digital cushion thickness

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 532-536

  Oikonomou, G ^a   Banos, G ^b   Machado, V ^a   Caixeta, L ^a   Bicalho, R C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Claw horn disruption lesion; Digital cushion; Genetics; Lameness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84890790157     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7212     Document Type: Article

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