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| Cruz,Eduardo Augusto da; Fischer,Vivian; Passos,Lorena Teixeira; Porciuncula,Gabriela Caillava da; Stumpf,Marcelo Tempel; Werncke,Daíse; Santos,Carolina da Silva dos. |
| ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate how type of hoof injury and corrective trimming alter the behavior of dairy cows. Thirty-four lactating Holstein and Jersey cows were used. They were scored for lameness score on days –2 and 6, before and after trimming and treatment, respectively, using a numerical rating system, in which 1 = perfect gait and 5 = severely lame, and had their postural and ingestive behavior evaluated on days –1 and 6 before and after trimming and treatment, respectively. Locomotion score was analyzed using t-paired test and behavioral data were analyzed by univariate variance analysis with cows as the experimental units, according to a completely randomized design with repeated measurements. Cows with infectious hoof diseases spent... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Behavior; Bos taurus. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982017000400280 |
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