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A Retrospective Case Study into the Effect of Hoof Lesions on the Lying Behaviour of Holstein–Friesian in a Loose-Housed System

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Lameness is a substantial welfare and economic problem in production animals. It can alter indicators of welfare such as lying time. Lying down is very important for cows, and they are highly motivated to perform this behaviour for 12 h or more per day. Conversely, cows that lie down...

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Autores principales: Ji, Karen Jiewei, Booth, Richard E., Blackie, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8070699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919772
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11041120