Influence of Soft or Hard Floors before and after First Calving on Dairy Heifer Locomotion, Claw and Leg Health

Claw health, an important dairy cow welfare parameter, may be affected by early-life foot/leg stresses. To investigate this, groups of pregnant heifers were allocated to deep straw bedding (Soft) or cubicles (Hard), both with scraped concrete feeding alleys. After the grazing season, they were re-h...

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Principais autores:	Christer Bergsten, Evgenij Telezhenko, Michael Ventorp
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	MDPI AG 2015-08-01
coleção:	Animals
Assuntos:	dairy cow flooring system rubber floor locomotion claw disorder leg lesion claw conformation weight and pressure distribution prevention
Acesso em linha:	http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/5/3/0378
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