Risk factors for lameness and hock injuries in Holstein herds in China

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4309-4316

  Chapinal, N ^a   Liang, Y ^b   Weary, D M ^a   Wang, Y ^c   Von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NOVUS INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c Novus International Trading (Shanghai) Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Cow comfort; Gait; Lesion; Management; Stall design

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INJURIES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DAIRYING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84902652956     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8089     Document Type: Article

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