Associations of freestall design and cleanliness with cow lying behavior, hygiene, lameness, and risk of high somatic cell count

The objective of this study was to investigate associations of freestall design and cleanliness with cow lying behavior, hygiene, lameness, and risk of new high somatic cell count (SCC). Cows from 18 commercial freestall dairy herds (22 ± 15 cows/farm; mean ± SD) in Ontario, Canada, were enrolled in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of dairy science 2021-02, Vol.104 (2), p.2231-2242
Hauptverfasser: Robles, I., Zambelis, A., Kelton, D.F., Barkema, H.W., Keefe, G.P., Roy, J.P., von Keyserlingk, M.A.G., DeVries, T.J.
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Zusammenfassung:The objective of this study was to investigate associations of freestall design and cleanliness with cow lying behavior, hygiene, lameness, and risk of new high somatic cell count (SCC). Cows from 18 commercial freestall dairy herds (22 ± 15 cows/farm; mean ± SD) in Ontario, Canada, were enrolled in a longitudinal study. Four hundred focal cows that were
ISSN:0022-0302
1525-3198
DOI:10.3168/jds.2020-18916