Short Communication: Scoring of Digital Dermatitis During Milking as an Alternative to Scoring in a Hoof Trimming Chute
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Short communication: scoring of digital dermatitis during milking as an alternative to scoring in a hoof trimming chute.
Digital dermatitis is a serious problem in dairy production in many countries. In many settings, it is important to evaluate the digital dermatitis status of individual cows or an entire dairy herd. Such an evaluation has traditionally been done in a hoof trimming chute. An evaluation in the milking parlor can take place without disturbing the cows to a large extent, it can be done using less l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1342