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Association between Lameness and Indicators of Dairy Cow Welfare Based on Locomotion Scoring, Body and Hock Condition, Leg Hygiene and Lying Behavior

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Lameness is a major welfare issue in dairy cows. Locomotion scoring (LS) is mostly used in identifying lame cows based on gait and postural changes. However, lameness shares some important associations with body condition, hock condition, leg hygiene and behavioral changes such as ly...

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Autores principales: B. Sadiq, Mohammed, Ramanoon, Siti Z., Shaik Mossadeq, Wan Mastura, Mansor, Rozaihan, Syed-Hussain, Sharifah Salmah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29113033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani7110079