Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 8 , Pages 3010-3014 , August 2008

Analgesics Improve the Gait of Lame Dairy Cattle

  • F.C. Flower

      Affiliations

    • Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Food and Land Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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  • M. Sedlbauer

      Affiliations

    • Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Food and Land Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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  • E. Carter

      Affiliations

    • Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Food and Land Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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  • M.A.G. von Keyserlingk

      Affiliations

    • Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Food and Land Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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  • D.J. Sanderson

      Affiliations

    • School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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  • D.M. Weary

      Affiliations

    • Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Food and Land Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 20 December 2007 ,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(08)71096-8

doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0968

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 8 , Pages 3010-3014 , August 2008

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