Lameness and foot lesions in Swiss dairy cows: II. Risk factors;Lahmheit und Klauenerkrankungen bei Schweizer Milchkühen: II. Risikofaktoren

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 79-89

  Becker, J ^a   Steiner, Adrian ^a   Kohler, S ^b   Koller Bahler A ^b   Wuthrich M ^a   Reist, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Claw health; Dairy cow; Foot lesion; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84893013995     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281/a000554     Document Type: Article

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