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Does separate housing of newly calved heifers influence social behaviour and lessen claw horn lesion development?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

D. E. Cross ,
D. N. Logue ,
J. E. Offer ,
L. M. Birnie  and
M. A. Lomax
D. E. Cross
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 SUA
D. N. Logue
Affiliation:
Dairy Health Unit, SAC Veterinary Services, Auchincruive, Ayr KA6 SAE
J. E. Offer
Affiliation:
Dairy Health Unit, SAC Veterinary Services, Auchincruive, Ayr KA6 SAE
L. M. Birnie
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 SUA
M. A. Lomax
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 SUA

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 23: Farm animal welfare — who writes the rulse? , January 1999 , pp. 157 - 158
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1999

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