Lying behavior and postpartum health status in grazing dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6334-6343

  Sepulveda Varas P ^a,b   Weary, D M ^a   von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Illness; Lameness; Pasture; Transition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84907983813     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8357     Document Type: Article

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