Short communication: Lameness impairs feeding behavior of dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4317-4321

  Norring, M ^a   Haggman J ^a   Simojoki, H ^a   Tamminen, P ^a   Winckler, C ^b   Pastell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Body weight; Eating behavior; Locomotion score

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902661846     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7512     Document Type: Article

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