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Handheld mechanical nociceptive threshold testing in dairy cows – intra-individual variation, inter-observer agreement and variation over time

OBJECTIVE: To examine the use of handheld methodology to assess mechanical nociceptive threshold (MNT) on cows kept loose-housed. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective randomized partial cross-over experimental study. A one-factor (test day) design was used to evaluate MNT over time. ANIMALS: One hundred and fi...

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Autores principales: Raundal, Peter M, Andersen, Pia H, Toft, Nils, Forkman, Björn, Munksgaard, Lene, Herskin, Mette S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24734991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vaa.12159