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Hock lesions in dairy cows in freestall herds: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and risk factors

BACKGROUND: Hock lesions (HL) in dairy cows are a common animal welfare problem in modern dairy production with freestall housing systems, but there are no large-scale studies addressing its epidemiology in Sweden. The aims of this cross-sectional study were to investigate the prevalence of HL of di...

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Autores principales: Ekman, Lisa, Nyman, Ann-Kristin, Landin, Håkan, Persson Waller, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30103790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-018-0401-9