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Digital Dermatitis in Dairy Cows: A Review of Risk Factors and Potential Sources of Between-Animal Variation in Susceptibility

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Dairy cow lameness is a major problem for the industry, causing reduced animal welfare and economic loss. Digital dermatitis (DD) is a bacterial disease causing painful lesions, generally on the heels of the rear feet, and is an important cause of lameness. There appears to be indivi...

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Autores principales: Palmer, Maeve A., O’Connell, Niamh E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4598691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26479371
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani5030369