Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 53-62 , January 2010

Biomechanics and histology of bovine claw suspensory tissue in early acute laminitis

  • A.M. Danscher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • T.H. Toelboell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
    • ,
  • O. Wattle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

Received 16 January 2009 ,Accepted 1 October 2009.

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PII: S0022-0302(10)70265-4

doi: 10.3168/jds.2009-2038

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 53-62 , January 2010

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