Association between milk yield and serial locomotion score assessments in UK dairy cows

This study investigated the effect of lameness, measured by serial locomotion scoring over a 12-mo period, on the milk yield of UK dairy cows. The data set consisted of 11,735 records of test-day yield and locomotion scores collected monthly from 1,400 cows kept on 7 farms. The data were analyzed in...

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Main Authors: Archer, Simon C., Green, Martin J., Huxley, Jonathan
Format: Article
Published: American Dairy Science Association 2010
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3047/