Technical note: Assessing lameness in tie-stalls using live stall lameness scoring
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Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging and manual lameness scoring as a means for lameness detection in cattle
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-12171