Lameness and hock injuries improve on farms participating in an assessment program

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 646-648

  Chapinal, N ^a   Weary, D M ^a   Collings, L ^b   von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NOVUS INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Benchmarking; Hock skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FARM ANIMAL; HERD; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INJURIES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LEG INJURIES; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LEG INJURIES; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; TARSUS, ANIMAL; VERMONT;

EID: 84919381089     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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