Interaction between the body condition score, gait, hindlimb conformation, and claw conformation in dairy cows in Aydin, Turkey

ABSTRACT: Breeding strategies aim to reduce lameness in dairies by using predictor traits to increase the selection of dairy cows. This study enhanced the present knowledge about association between the claw conformations (CC), hindlimb conformation (HiLC), gait, and body condition score (BCS) in da...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Akin, Husnu Erbay Bardakcioglu, Elvan Hayat, Yalcin Alper Ozturan, Omer Kurt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2021-10-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782022000400602&tlng=en