Pre-clinical and clinical walking kinematics in female breeding pigs with lameness: A nested case-control cohort study

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-43

  Stavrakakis, S ^a   Guy, J H ^a   Syranidis, I ^a   Johnson, G R ^a   Edwards, S A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Lameness; Motion analysis; Prevention; Sow

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC STRIDE PHASE TIMING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAMERA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GILT (SWINE); JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LATERAL PELVIS DISPLACEMENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOW (SWINE); STEP HEIGHT; STEP TO STRIDE LENGTH RATIO; STEP WIDTH; STEP WIDTH STANDARD DEVIATION; STRIDE LENGTH; VERTICAL HEAD DISPLACEMENT; VERTICAL SPINE DISPLACEMENT; WALKING SPEED; WEANING; ANIMAL; BREEDING; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MOVIE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIG; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BREEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; WALKING;

EID: 84937640276     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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