Measuring the response to therapeutic foot trimming in dairy cows with fortnightly lameness scoring

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-288

  Groenevelt, M ^a   Main, D C J ^a   Tisdall, D ^a   Knowles, T G ^a   Bell, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Lameness; Locomotion scoring; Therapeutic foot trimming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; FOOT SOLE; LACTATION; LAMENESS SCORING; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PLANTAR ULCER; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPEUTIC FOOT TRIMMING; TOE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84908200636     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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