A prospective cohort study of digital cushion and corium thickness, Part 1: associations with body condition, lesion incidence and proximity to calving

Claw horn disruption lesions (CHDL) are a major cause of lameness in dairy cattle and are likely a result of excessive forces being applied to the germinal epithelium that produces claw horn. The digital cushion is a connective tissue structure, containing depots of adipose tissue, that sits beneath...

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Main Authors: Newsome, Reuben, Green, Martin J., Bell, N.J., Bollard, N.J., Mason, C.S., Whay, H.R., Huxley, J.N.
Format: Article
Published: American Dairy Science Association 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40672/